RE: Symbolic link to a subversion folder / tree

> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Steven Whatmore wrote:
> > Due to the constraints of the IDE(s) that I am using both Visual
> > Studio and Eclipse, where the files that I wish to share must be
> in a
> > particular folder or location but really are the same file (ie.
> Image
> > files, css, javascript files, HBM(s) etc etc), I would really
> like to
> > store those in a common location in my Subversion directory and
> create
> > a symbolic link to that folder within subversion.
> >
> > That way when each developer checks out the project from
> Subversion it
> > automatically grabs the common files from the common location and
> when
> > changes are made to the common file all projects referencing this
> get
> > the latest and greatest.
>
> Will svn externals do what you want?
>
> tyler

> I do not know, I guess I have some reading to do.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Whatmore, MBA, MCP, .NET

Steve,

svn supports symbolic links on Linux and Mac I think. Symbolic link support was added to Windows Vista and is also in Win7 too. I'm not sure if svn supports them on those platforms though. You would have to try it.

I think file externals should get you what you want and work on windows OS.

BOb

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Received on 2009-11-03 23:59:51 CET