> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Schaber [mailto:m.schaber_at_3s-software.com]
> Sent: dinsdag 2 augustus 2011 10:27
> To: André Hänsel; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: AW: Do svn:externals changes need to be committed to work?
>
> Hi, André,
>
> Von: André Hänsel [mailto:andre_at_webkr.de]
> > I am trying to add an svn:externals definition to a working copy. I set
> > the property on a directory and ran svn update on that directory, but
> > nothing is fetched.
> >
> > I found this article:
> > http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/02/20/svnexternals-for-noobs/
> > However, from other documentation it's unclear to me if a commit is
really
> > necessary for svn:external to work. Of course, I don't want to commit an
> > untested external definition.
> >
> > I am using TortoiseSVN 1.6.15 built with Subversion 1.6.16.
>
> From my experience with Subversion 1.6, the directory needs to be
> committed, but not the svn:external definition itsself.
>
> So maybe you can commit the empty directory, and then add the externals
> properties and test them before committing them.
In Subversion 1.7 externals definitions don't have to be committed to work
correctly. In 1.6 I would recommend committing them before applying, but in
many cases it will work if you don't do that.
We integrated the tracking of which externals a working copy has in the new
working copy store. The next 'svn update' will apply the changes even if the
directory on which they are defined was never committed.
Bert
Received on 2011-08-02 12:32:51 CEST