Re: SVN for src (was Re: Binutils 2.18 prep)

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew dot stubbs at st dot com>]

Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenà wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:06:41 +0000
> Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com> wrote:
> > This is not an ideal solution - it requires two steps, 'svn status'
> > will always list all the switches,
>
> This should be solvable by using svn:externals [1]
>
> [1] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07s04.html

I think you misunderstand externals.

1. External directories are automatically checked out when you check out 
the parent. My suggestion is specifically NOT to check out ALL 
subdirectories.

2. 'svn status' lists externals, much as it does switches, so no win there.

3. You can't commit the whole tree at once, if part of it is external, 
unlike with switched directories (from the same repository), where it is 
totally transparent.

Andrew