Hi Neels, thank you for your answer, but I can confirm that other commands (i.e. svn update) do step into external folders, even in the latest version ;)
Does anyone else have any suggestion? Thanks a lot, Max On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:21 +0100 neels <nee...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12 March 2010 15:03, Max <iprmas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a repository with a structure which mixes some normal and > > external repositories as follows > > > > - code_dir > > | > > `- src_dir > > | > > `- external_1 > > | > > `- dir_1 > > | > > `- external_2 > > > > where code_dir, src_dir and dir_1 are located on a repository under > > my control, while external_1 and external_2 are defined by means > > svn:externals keywords. > > > > I have noticed that old svn versions were able to track down > > modified files both in dir_1 and external_* directories. The last > > version (I am running > > AFAIK subversion never stepped into externals folders, did it? If you > want an svn command to run in the externals folder, you have to step > into it (or supply it on the cmdline explicitly) > > ~Neels > > > 1.6.9) completely ignores external_1 and external_2 and give a list > > of modified files located in dir_1 only. If I run "svn diff > > code_dir/src_dir/external_1" I am able to see the list of modified > > files in that directory too, of course. > > > > I know I am missing something trivial, but what? I have not found > > any hint in the svn book... > > > > Thanks in advance for your help, > > Max > >