On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 09:29:45AM +0200, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote: > Am 07.05.2012 18:12, schrieb Stefan Sperling: > > Note that you can share pristines between branches today by using a single > > working copy for all branches you work on. Check out the repository root > > with the "--depth empty" option and then pull in the branches you need > > via "update --set-depth=infinity". > > See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.sparsedirs.html > > Just wondering, but does it still work to check out an empty directory > and attach working copies using svn:externals? Or are externals really > nested with separate metadata? Depending on what the OP actually wants > to achieve, that could be a reasonable approach.
Exernals are currently still entirely separate working copies with their own wc.db file and pristine store.
