Re: svn checkout --set-depth ignores externals

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Daniel Becroft <djcbecroft_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Daniel Becroft <djcbecroft_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the root of our trunk, we have a 'build_tools' folder which is defined
>> as an external.
>>
>> For example
>> /trunk
>> /build_tools (external)
>> /alpha
>> /A
>> /beta
>> /gamma
>> build.xml
>> build.properties
>>
>> If we checkout using 'svn checkout --depth immediates', this folder is
>> ignored, but I continue to get alpha/beta/gamma folders (empty). I can't
>> seem to get it back without checking out the entirety of trunk.
>>
>> Any ideas? Is this intended behaviour?
>
>
> Sorry, using 1.8.8 (r1568071).

I haven't checked in detail, but there are a couple of known issues
around externals and depth behavior, so perhaps it's related to one of
these:

- http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3311 (externals
are not created unless depth=infinity)
- http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3216 (externals
with --depth)
- http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4381 (Update of
sparse WC fails at externals definitions)

-- 
Johan