Re: My mixed revision working copy remains after a 'svn update'

2016-09-01 Thread webster.brent
As an amendment, I created one more WC with my 1.8.16 svn client at the original XXX revision. (i.e. prior to the directory deletion and subsequent addition of the svn:externals).  I then updated the client to 1.9.4 and ran the 'svn update' where it successfully deleted the directory and then ad

Re: My mixed revision working copy remains after a 'svn update'

2016-09-01 Thread Brent Webster
I was able to reproduce the problem. When we migrated from Clearcase to SVN, all the separate VOBs that made up our product (as well as several other products) were copied into one large repository. The other products are now migrating from Clearcase so we need to emulate some of the common V

SVN Feature Request: Selecting the revision for pinning externals

2016-09-01 Thread Israel Sadeh
Hi, The new '-pin-externals' switch of the 'svn copy' command pins the externals to their latest version. This makes sense when copying the latest revision, but in case the copied branch is from an older revision, it also makes sense to pin the externals to the old revision. This way in case it