On 1/26/2011 4:36 PM, NN Ott wrote:
>
> I am a tortise svn user. I recently started trying the svn:externals
> property to share files between projects. I got this feature to work
> and I am happy with it so far.
>
> My question is related to how tags should behave with such shared
> files. I use tags as snapshots of my project in time. The tag is a
> copy of my trunk/branch when I created it. However, if I am using
> shared files via the externals property, these externally linked
> files will not be static - they will change if I do an update on my
> tag! This is definitely not the behavior I'm looking for.
>
> Immediately I can think of 2 ways to "fix" this behavior of the tag
> not being truly static:
> 1. In a tag, externally linked files loose their external link and
> are now just copies of the files. (yuck)
> 2. In a tag, the svn:externals property is changed slightly such
> that it points to the specific revision of the file when the tag was
> created. (using -rREV url filename format)
>
> Is this really a problem or is there another fix available that I am
> unaware of?
>
>
>
> Option 2 is supported, and in fact is the recommended method.
>
> See:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.advanced.externals
And if you want the externals references on your trunk to float with the
trunk of the referenced item during development, one approach is to
always make an intermediate branch where you make these and any other
needed changes before making the tag.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
Received on 2011-01-26 23:46:43 CET