Re: svn:externals format

Am Dienstag, 16. November 2010 schrieb Stefan Sperling:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 01:43:35PM +0100, Christoph Bartoschek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > what is the advantage of using
> >
> > ^/trunk/project/subproject_at_40 subproject
>
> This new format does support relative URLs.
>
> > compared to
> >
> > -r 40 ^/trunk/project/subproject subproject
>
> This old format doesn't support relative URLs.
> You can only use full URLs (http://svn.example.com/...) with this format.
>
> See "svn help propset" for more information.

svn help propset states that relative URLs also work for the old format. We
currently use the old format with relative URLs:

     "Relative URLs are supported in Subversion 1.5 and greater for
      all above formats and are indicated by starting the URL with one
      of the following strings"

Christoph
Received on 2010-11-16 14:55:59 CET