On Dec 26, 2017, at 02:00, Bo Berglund wrote: > In an earlier thread I asked about how I could simulate this in svn > and to use the "svn externals" system was adviced. > > When I am now facing actually doing this I find that (unless I am > mistaken) the externals only reference whole directories, which is not > what I want. I need individual files from a couple of source > directories containing commonly used files in every such project. > > Is it actually possible to do this in Subversion?
Yes, file externals are possible in Subversion 1.6 and later. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html