Good day,
I would like to thank you for this excelent version system. I am
working on migration from ClearCase to Subversion. I am using
TortoiseSVN and also SVN command line client. I try to find solution
for replacing ClearCase hardlinks in SVN. Suitable solution is using
of svn:externals in SVN 1.7. There is only one issue for this
solution. I can add external files to working copy only with command:
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svn co --depth infinity file:///D:/sub_repo/myrepo/repo_dir
D:/SUBVERSION/local_dir
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A D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\file01.txt
A D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\file02.txt
U D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir
Fetching external item into 'D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\link01.txt':
A D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\link01.txt
Checked out external at revision 197.
Fetching external item into 'D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\link02.txt':
A D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\link02.txt
Checked out external at revision 197.
Checked out revision 197.
If I try to checkout only choosen files and external files (sparse
checkout), externals are not added to WC:
CREATING EMPTY WC:
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svn co --depth empty file:///D:/sub_repo/myrepo/repo_dir D:/SUBVERSION/local_dir
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U D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir
Checked out revision 197.
ADDING FILE TO WC:
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svn up D:/SUBVERSION/local_dir/file01.txt
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Updating 'D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\file01.txt':
A D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\file01.txt
Updated to revision 197.
TRYING TO ADD EXTERNAL FILE TO WC - DOES NOT WORK:
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svn up D:/SUBVERSION/local_dir/link01.txt
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Updating 'D:\SUBVERSION\local_dir\link01.txt':
At revision 197.
This behavior is caused probably by filtering condition in source code
for externals:
libsvn_client / update.c ... and other files
/* We handle externals after the update is complete, so that
handling external items (and any errors therefrom) doesn't delay
the primary operation. */
if (SVN_DEPTH_IS_RECURSIVE(depth) && (! ignore_externals))
{ . . .
It is not possible to add choosen externals into WC also in
TortoiseSVN 1.7. External files are "skipped".
I do not know if this is an intention and there are some reasons for
this. As my folders contain many files and hardlinks (cca 1000) I have
to use sparse checkout in SVN and work only with choosen files and
external files in WC.
I would like to ask you if it is possible to replace in source code in
future version of SVN condition:
if (SVN_DEPTH_IS_RECURSIVE(depth) && (! ignore_externals))
with only;
if (! ignore_externals)
and by that allow to add external files to one WC together with files
of this WC.
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Peter Kona
