Hello, > > On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:46 AM, s...@alagazam.net wrote: > >> We moved our repository to a new server, but didn't update the > >> svn:externals properties everywhere. [...] > > See the section beginning "Also, absolute URLs can cause problems": > > > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html [...] > The main problem right now is people trying to checkout/update a path > with a invalid external doesn't wait long enough to get the error. > Also TortoiseSVN repository browser hangs when trying to browse to a > folder with an invalid external (probably also for about 5 minutes, > hasn't checked).
And every time this happens I wonder why anyone would choose to expose himself to the problem of "changing URLs when moving to a different server". Cool URIs don't change: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html Any administrator worth his salt will configure a service name, e.g. svn.example.com, and move this between hosts as required. > Seems like a bug to me. As far as one would expect a timeout error to be marshalled to the user in less than 5 minutes - agree. Andreas
