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Re: svn:externals - svn: E200009: Targets must be working copy paths

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2012c_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 12:24:32 -0600

On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:00, C M wrote:

> I was able to set multiple external definitions using the --file option. Worked pretty well, actually considering how challenging everything else has been so far!
>
> One last question on this topic. I want to pin the external definition to a known revision using something this shortened command, but it's not working. The "-r 109" being the revision I want to pin to.
>
> c:\Temp\800>svn propset svn:externals -r 109 <path info> .
>
> svn: E205000: Cannot specify revision for setting versioned property 'svn:externals'

The revision number to which you want to pin each external needs to be listed on the corresponding line of the svn:externals property. Read the documentation again; I recommend following the example after the paragraph which starts "Or, making use of the peg revision syntax".

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html
Received on 2013-02-01 19:25:10 CET

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