On Jan 30, 2011, at 22:35, amol gole wrote:
> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 20:01, amol gole wrote:
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>> > Thanks for the link. I knew the -rREV method was supported I just feel that doing that for every externally referenced file is a pain and one more thing to keep track of. Oh well.
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>> Don't use "-rREV URL" (an operative revision) in an externals definition. Do use "URL_at_REV" (a peg revision). I recommend you use a (peg) revision in every external you define. I don't consider this more work; I consider it an absolute necessity to unambiguously indicate what resource you're intending to obtain.
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>> > Is there a way to search for all instances of an externally ref file in the entire repo? I think a "where used" type function is what im looking for.
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>> I don't think so.
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> Whats the benefit to using the peg revision format?
If the directory in question is ever moved, renamed or deleted in the future, your external won't break.
Received on 2011-01-31 08:37:00 CET