Bob Archer wrote on Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 13:32:18 -0500: > File externals require that the file being pointed to is in the same > working copy as the external of it. From the docs: > > "While directory externals can place the external directory at any > depth, and any missing intermediate directories will be created, file > externals must be placed into a working copy that is already checked > out." >
This quoted part talks about where the pointer will be created, not about where the pointed-to file should live. (Currently the only restriction on that is that it should be in the same repository as the svn:externals property.) > BOb >
