On Feb 1, 2013, at 12:24, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:00, C M wrote: > >> I was able to set multiple external definitions using the --file option. >> Worked pretty well, actually considering how challenging everything else has >> been so far! >> >> One last question on this topic. I want to pin the external definition to a >> known revision using something this shortened command, but it's not working. >> The "-r 109" being the revision I want to pin to. >> >> c:\Temp\800>svn propset svn:externals -r 109 <path info> . >> >> svn: E205000: Cannot specify revision for setting versioned property >> 'svn:externals' > > The revision number to which you want to pin each external needs to be listed > on the corresponding line of the svn:externals property. Read the > documentation again; I recommend following the example after the paragraph > which starts "Or, making use of the peg revision syntax". > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html
Or, in the example you gave above of wanting to pull a specific revision of just a single external, you just need quotes: svn propset svn:externals "-r 109 <path info>" . Or better yet, using peg revision syntax: svn propset svn:externals "<path info>@109" .
