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RE: Re: Question regarding svn:externals and existing directories

From: Glen Ainscow <lonedesign_2k_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:57:30 -0700 (PDT)

> On Apr 20, 2009, at 04:33, webpost_at_tigris.org wrote:
>
> > The docs mention that the svn:externals target directory should not
> > exist. I added this property to the root of my WC:
> >
> > http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/standard/trunk/library/
> > Zend_at_14980 library/Zend
> >
> > ... where the library directory existed, but not the Zend
> > directory. Updating the WC (with Subclipse) did not check out the
> > external project. Does the library directory also have to not exist?
>
> I don't know. Try it out in a testing environment and see if that
> fixes it.
>
> The book says "subdirectories" (plural): "The relative target
> subdirectories of externals definitions *must not* already exist"
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.externals.html
>
>
> > I added the external to the library directory itself (target:
> > Zend), and it worked fine.
>
> This is the only way I have ever used externals and it works fine, so
> I recommend you do it that way.
Thanks Ryan. I've gone with that method.

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