Re: Problem on subversion using propset with perl on a svn:external

On Nov 3, 2009, at 02:19, IPv7 Develop Group wrote:

> Christian Unger wrote:
>
>> you are trying to set the svn:external property on a remote target
>> that is inside the repository,
>> afaik subversion only supports setting the svn:external property on
>> a working copy (a local target).
>
> svn propedit svn:externals http://localhost/svn/testing/develop_area/mail/
> work fine without no working copy, this is a operation on the
> repository directly...

That is correct. "svn propedit" works on remote URLs, but "svn
propset" does not. Please see:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2238#desc10

>> Try using --depth=empty when you checkout – this way you will only
>> get
>> the directory containing the definitions.
>
> So need i to checkout, change the working copy and then commit the
> change, a svn:external?

Yes.

> The only way i see is to wrap the svn shell command in perl and
> remove all the SVN::Client reference,
> because this implementation isn't oriented for the scripting...

I'm not sure what you mean.

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