On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM, David Weintraub <qazw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm working with Subversion 1.6.11 and 1.6.12 on RHEL 5, and have >> noticed an svn:externals issue. If I attempt to use a target directory >> named "global", it breaks the checkout in various confusing ways. For >> example: >> >> svn proplist -v . >> Properties on '.': >> svn:externals >> test svn://testrepo/repo/test >> global svn://testrepo/repo/global >> >> svn update >> Fetching external item into 'global' >> svn: warning: Unrecognized format for the relative external URL 'test' >> > > Nothing wrong with using global in a URL, does that directory exist on > your Subversion server?
It does. I tracked it down to a setting on the svn:externals of the 'global' directory itself, apparently from when I was creating the new svn:externals setting, but it's tied to some other issues I'll address separately.
