On Jul 25, 2012, at 17:50, Benjamin Fritz wrote: > That's interesting that it works like a switch underneath. But it IS > very possible to pull in *directory* externals from other > repositories
Absolutely. > which makes me wonder about whether this is relevant. It's my understanding that file externals (which are a relatively new feature for Subversion) are implemented very very differently under the hood from directory externals (which have been around for a long long time) so it's not surprising they would have very different restrictions and behaviors. > The explanation works for file externals but doesn't explain why > directory externals from other repositories work. Directory externals are implemented as additional "svn checkout"s (or updates) following the primary checkout (or update).
