AW: Issue: svn:externals syntax does not accept -rHEAD

2012-06-26 Thread Ruhe Julian
hahaf; users@subversion.apache.org >> Subject: AW: Issue: svn:externals syntax does not accept -rHEAD >> >> Hello Daniel, >> >> >The update command accepts -rHEAD, but not necessarily -rHEAD plus >> >peg >> revision.  HEAD is a keyword for "latest in t

AW: Issue: svn:externals syntax does not accept -rHEAD

2012-06-22 Thread Ruhe Julian
Hello Les, > I'm sort of surprised a checkout works that way either. I hope this is an argument for expecting svn:externals to do the same. It took me some time to understand that forward history differs from backward history fundamentally.Essentially forward history has following limitations

AW: Issue: svn:externals syntax does not accept -rHEAD

2012-06-22 Thread Ruhe Julian
Hi Les, thank you for your answer. I think I have to explain my use case a little more detailed. First, we are not talking about source code. Users will not be software developers. Ok, we have defined an area in the repo where "global objects" are stored. Those can be addressed by "projects" u

AW: Issue: svn:externals syntax does not accept -rHEAD

2012-06-22 Thread Ruhe Julian
Hello Daniel, >The update command accepts -rHEAD, but not necessarily -rHEAD plus peg >revision. HEAD is a keyword for "latest in the repository", not "latest in >the history of URL@REV". If an item has been deleted, it's no longer part of >the >HEAD, as you've seen. That is not the point. I