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Re: set depth for external

From: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:55:07 +0200

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On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Oto BREZINA <otik_at_printflow.eu> wrote:
> On 2012-10-07 20:32, Johan Corveleyn wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Oto BREZINA <otik_at_printflow.eu> wrote:
>>>
>>> In one of our Project P we need Module A and Module B we set that with
>>> external successfuly. However ModuleB needs ModuleA when compiled as
>>> product. This makes Project P have ext to A twice.
>>>
>>> Is there way to set depth for external? If not can be added?
>>
>> No, unfortunately there isn't. See these two open feature requests:
>
> I was afraid I get this kind of answer :(, pitty.
>
>>
>> - #3216: externals with --depth [1]
>> - #3311: externals are not created unless depth=infinity [2]
>>
>> [1] http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3216
>> [2] http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3311
>
> Those are quite old with little of progress, It seems change layout is only
> option for a moment.

Another option is to try to get the ball rolling on one of these
issues (e.g. by going through the details of those issues, and
starting a discussion on the dev_at_-list). Contributions are very
welcome. These issues are not unfixable, it's just that someone needs
to find / spend the time and energy to make them happen ...

-- 
Johan
Received on 2012-10-09 09:56:12 CEST

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