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Re: Why does svn patch fail for externals on add/delete?

From: Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:00:36 +0100

On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 02:47:59PM +0000, Bert Huijben wrote:
> The problem here is that patch locks only one working copy, but your patch tries to change multiple working copies. (Directory externals are separate working copies). This is a scenario that was never designed for patch.

I see no reason it couldn't be made to work, though.
svn patch could grab the lock on the external as well, couldn't it?
I don't see why not.

If so, I (original author of svn patch) think this warrants an issue in
our bug tracker.
Received on 2014-11-04 16:02:45 CET

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