RE: Externals for a single file - usage?

> I just don't understand this at all. I have a working copy of my
project checked out, I've also added the bin folder in my web project
into svn and it still doesn't work. Am I supposed to have a separate
checkout of my library on my machine and then put the url to *that* as
the path to the external? Surely the problem with that is that the path
on my machine will be different to the path needed for my co-workers and
we'll keep overwriting each others external properties when we check in?

Yes, you need the file you are referring to in the external to be in the
checked out working copy.

Here is what I did.

I have a working copy with:

ProjectName/Build/ccnetproject.xml

I want that file to be available at:

ProjectName/Product/Install

So, I add the following property to the Install folder:

svn:externals ../../Build/ccnetproject.xml ccnetproject.xml

Now, when I update the "Installs" folder the ccnetproject.xml file is
put into the installs folder as a versioned file. So,
ProjectName/Build/ccnetproject.xml needs to be checked out in the WC
where my file external is.

So, you can't refer to a file that is only in the repository. Why this
is? I know not. Seems like a limitation that would be nice if it were
lifted. But, it is there in this version.

I tried to create a file external that pointed to a file in a directory
external, but that didn't work.

So, HTH,

BOb

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Received on 2009-04-02 17:21:46 CEST