Re: How to change paths on an external file without a full update --depth infinity?

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:48 AM, <dlellis_at_rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
>
> I believe that if we can improve external performance (speed and integration
> -- like handling externals when depth != infinity), not only would we help
> the current users of SVN that have come to accept this, but we would have a
> huge opportunity to get back on the radar of other users that have
> previously chosen other options.

I'm not sure that current SVN users accept problems with depth !=
infinity as much as they arrange their layout so they don't have to do
that. What's a common use case for needing some disjoint arrangement
of components that you can't assemble with externals and normal
recursion?

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  Les Mikesell
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