Re: How to remove svn:externals?

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:27 PM, W. Martin Borgert <debacle_at_debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some svn:externals in my project, which must be removed,
> but I don't know how. Removing the entries from svn:externals
> using svn propedit did not work, i.e. the files were still there.
> svn delete did not help either. I'm using SVN 1.6.12 on Debian.
>
> Thanks in advance and please Cc me, as I'm not yet subscribed!

I assume you're talking about file externals (as opposed to directory
externals). Then this is a known problem, see:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3351 - can't
remove file externals

I think the only workaround currently is to throw away (part of) your
working copy (after you've removed/edited the svn:externals property
and committed that), and checking it out again.

Cheers,

-- 
Johan