On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 02:47:59PM +0000, Bert Huijben wrote: > The problem here is that patch locks only one working copy, but your patch > tries to change multiple working copies. (Directory externals are separate > working copies). This is a scenario that was never designed for patch.
I see no reason it couldn't be made to work, though. svn patch could grab the lock on the external as well, couldn't it? I don't see why not. If so, I (original author of svn patch) think this warrants an issue in our bug tracker.
