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

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:04 PM, <dlellis_at_rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
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>> Designing a build
>> management system on top of subversion using only externals
>> is risky.
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> I disagree, but we've had this conversation already. I'd be very welcome to
> try anything to help our performance.

Externals can be very useful to assemble mixed revisions of
separately-versioned components, but why do they have to be
file-level? Are there other tools involved in the process that do not
understand subdirectories or symlinks? Or just no natural groupings?

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   Les Mikesell
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