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>> Can I make a local (patched) branch of an svn:external? That way I could
>>> pull updates as needed, but still retain access to the full commit
>>> history.
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>> You'd need to manually (or some automated fashion) apply each commit
>> made to their repository to your own repository.
>> This is very tedious if they make a lot of commits.
>> And revision numbers between repositories wouldn't match up.
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>> I don't understand what the real problem you want to solve is.
>> Maybe you want to browse their history without internet access?
>> If you want to browse their history without internet access, I would
>> recommend keeping an svnsync copy of their repository on your hard drive.
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> I think the idea is that he'd like to see the development history of both
> the vendor and local changes as a continuous set of changes as you would if
> they were in the same repository with log and diff working across any points
> in time or branch versions. It seems like a reasonable thing to want, but I
> don't think it is possible with subversion.
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That's exactly right.
Should I post this to the dev list?
Received on 2011-01-07 01:18:11 CET