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Re: Renaming an external directory

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2011a_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 02:06:09 -0500

On May 13, 2011, at 02:00, Markus Schaber wrote:

> As „svn rename“ fails to rename external directories, I currently use the following „workaround“:
> - Rename the directory directly on the file system.
> - Change the externals definition in the containing directory to point to the new destination.
>
> Is this mechanism safe to use with SVN 1.6?

That sounds like the way to do it, yes.
Received on 2011-05-13 09:06:48 CEST

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