Re: SVN externals (externals failed, already locked)

On 20/03/12 23:58, Philip Martin wrote:
> Matthew J Fletcher<amimjf_at_sky.com> writes:
>
>> I've been expermenting with SVN externals and found an issue which i
>> dont fully understand. My repository is as follows;
>>
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> +Play (with and extern to URL "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared
>> Sources" Local Path "Project 3")
>>
>> - Project 3 (externed)
>> -> shared.txt
>>
>> - Project 2 (with an extern to URL
>> "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared Sources" Local Path "Outstation
>> Files")
>> -> -> Outstation Files (externed)
>> -> -> -> shared.txt
>> -> -> unieque.txt
>>
>> -> Project 1 (with an extern to URL
>> "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared Sources" Local Path "osfiles")
>> -> -> osfiles (externed)
>> -> -> -> shared.txt
>> -> -> unieque.txt
>>
>> - Shared Sources
>> -> shared.txt
>
> I'm having difficulty making sense of that description.
>
> svnadmin create repo
> svn co file://`pwd`/repo wc
> svn mkdir wc/Play
> svn mkdir wc/Play/SharedSources
> echo foo> wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt
> svn add wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt
> svn mkdir wc/Play/Project1
> svn mkdir wc/Play/Project2
> svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources Outstation' wc/Play/Project1
> svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources osfiles' wc/Play/Project2
> svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources Project3' wc/Play
> # or maybe one svn:externals on Play
> # ^/Play/SharedSources Project3
> # ^/Play/SharedSources Project2/Outstation
> # ^/Play/SharedSources Project1/osfiles
> svn ci -mm wc
> svn up wc
>
> echo mod>> wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt
> svn ci -mm wc
> svn up wc

I am not sure how that corresponds to what i created via TortoiseSVN, i
will use the commandline when i have access to the repository again and
post the results.

>> All the externs work as expected and changes to files in "Shared
>> Sources" are reflected across the 3 projects. However when doing an
>> update/checkout i get the following error " 'External failed Project
>> 3' is allready locked via ."
>
> I don't understand that either. How can the externs "work as expected"
> if neither checkout nor update work?
>
>> I suspect that its because i am external'ing not into a seperate
>> folder, whereas in "Project 1" and "Project 2" the "Shared Sources" go
>> in there own folder. However the externals do work as expected.
>

Maybe completes with errors would be a better description, see log of
update command. Extern file is updated into all 3 externed places, but
the extern for "project 3" gives an error.

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Updating: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22
Updated: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 3\shared 1.txt
Updated: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Shared Sources\shared 1.txt
External: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 1\osfiles
Updating: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 1\osfiles
Updated: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 1\osfiles\shared 1.txt
Completed: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 1\osfiles - at
revision: 71
External: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 2\Outstation Files
Updating: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 2\Outstation Files
Updated: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 2\Outstation
Files\shared 1.txt
Completed: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 2\Outstation Files
- at revision: 71
External: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 3
External failed: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 3
Error: 'C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 3' is already locked via
Error: 'C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22'.
Completed: C:\Users\mfletcher\Desktop\Play22\Project 3 - at revision: 71

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Thanks for taking a look at this.

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Matthew J Fletcher
amimjf(at)sky.com
www.amimjf.org
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