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svn:externals example
Ive read the book, I've Googled, I've searched high and low, and I have not
been able to find an example that works.
I have two projects, foo and bar that share a common "sql" directory. The
foo project is up and running, I'd like to make it's SQL directory available
as an external directory to the bar project.
/foo
/txt
/sql
/bar
/txt
so what I did was
$ svn co http://svn.example.com/bar bar
$ cd bar
$ svn mkdir sql
$ svn propset svn:externals 'http:/svn.example.com/foo/sql' sql
and all I get is "error parsing svn:externals property on 'sql'
what am I doing wrong? Can someone update the svn book with some examples?
--
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RE: Re: svn:externals example
Posted by Geoff Rowell <Ge...@varolii.com>.
2008/4/8, Hari Kodungallur <hk...@gmail.com>:
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Chris Curvey <cc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > Ive read the book, I've Googled, I've searched high and low, and I
have
> not
> > > been able to find an example that works.
> > >
> > > I have two projects, foo and bar that share a common "sql"
directory.
> The
> > > foo project is up and running, I'd like to make it's SQL directory
> available
> > > as an external directory to the bar project.
> > >
> > > /foo
> > > /txt
> > > /sql
> > >
> > > /bar
> > > /txt
> > >
> > > so what I did was
> > >
> > > $ svn co http://svn.example.com/bar bar
> > > $ cd bar
> > > $ svn mkdir sql
> > > $ svn propset svn:externals 'http:/svn.example.com/foo/sql' sql
> > >
> > > and all I get is "error parsing svn:externals property on 'sql'
> > >
> > > what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Skip the "svn mkdir sql" above, and drop the quotes around the
> > external's URL. The directory will be created when you next svn up
> > bar.
> >
> Actually, the quotes are necessary... however it should quote the
entire
> external value. It should also provide the target directory on which
it
> should be set.
>
> svn propset svn:externals 'http://svn.example.com/foo/sql sql' .
> (note the last argument '.')
>
> Unless I am scripting, I prefer to set externals using the editor.
>
> svn pedit svn:externals .
>
Your problem is that you've got the external subdirectory alias and URL
fields in the wrong order.
It should be:
cd bar
svn propset svn:externals 'sql http://svn.example.com/foo/sql' .
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Re: svn:externals example
Posted by marc gonzalez-carnicer <ca...@gmail.com>.
in your original example, there is only 1 slash ('/') in "http:/".
that is probably an error cause.
2008/4/8, Hari Kodungallur <hk...@gmail.com>:
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Chris Curvey <cc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ive read the book, I've Googled, I've searched high and low, and I have
> not
> > > been able to find an example that works.
> > >
> > > I have two projects, foo and bar that share a common "sql" directory.
> The
> > > foo project is up and running, I'd like to make it's SQL directory
> available
> > > as an external directory to the bar project.
> > >
> > > /foo
> > > /txt
> > > /sql
> > >
> > > /bar
> > > /txt
> > >
> > > so what I did was
> > >
> > > $ svn co http://svn.example.com/bar bar
> > > $ cd bar
> > > $ svn mkdir sql
> > > $ svn propset svn:externals 'http:/svn.example.com/foo/sql' sql
> > >
> > > and all I get is "error parsing svn:externals property on 'sql'
> > >
> > > what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Skip the "svn mkdir sql" above, and drop the quotes around the
> > external's URL. The directory will be created when you next svn up
> > bar.
> >
>
>
> Actually, the quotes are necessary... however it should quote the entire
> external value. It should also provide the target directory on which it
> should be set.
>
> svn propset svn:externals 'http://svn.example.com/foo/sql sql' .
> (note the last argument '.')
>
> Unless I am scripting, I prefer to set externals using the editor.
>
> svn pedit svn:externals .
>
>
> Regards,
> -Hari
>
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Re: svn:externals example
Posted by Hari Kodungallur <hk...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Chris Curvey <cc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ive read the book, I've Googled, I've searched high and low, and I have
> not
> > been able to find an example that works.
> >
> > I have two projects, foo and bar that share a common "sql" directory.
> The
> > foo project is up and running, I'd like to make it's SQL directory
> available
> > as an external directory to the bar project.
> >
> > /foo
> > /txt
> > /sql
> >
> > /bar
> > /txt
> >
> > so what I did was
> >
> > $ svn co http://svn.example.com/bar bar
> > $ cd bar
> > $ svn mkdir sql
> > $ svn propset svn:externals 'http:/svn.example.com/foo/sql' sql
> >
> > and all I get is "error parsing svn:externals property on 'sql'
> >
> > what am I doing wrong?
>
> Skip the "svn mkdir sql" above, and drop the quotes around the
> external's URL. The directory will be created when you next svn up
> bar.
>
Actually, the quotes are necessary... however it should quote the entire
external value. It should also provide the target directory on which it
should be set.
svn propset svn:externals 'http://svn.example.com/foo/sql sql' .
(note the last argument '.')
Unless I am scripting, I prefer to set externals using the editor.
svn pedit svn:externals .
Regards,
-Hari
Re: svn:externals example
Posted by Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Chris Curvey <cc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ive read the book, I've Googled, I've searched high and low, and I have not
> been able to find an example that works.
>
> I have two projects, foo and bar that share a common "sql" directory. The
> foo project is up and running, I'd like to make it's SQL directory available
> as an external directory to the bar project.
>
> /foo
> /txt
> /sql
>
> /bar
> /txt
>
> so what I did was
>
> $ svn co http://svn.example.com/bar bar
> $ cd bar
> $ svn mkdir sql
> $ svn propset svn:externals 'http:/svn.example.com/foo/sql' sql
>
> and all I get is "error parsing svn:externals property on 'sql'
>
> what am I doing wrong?
Skip the "svn mkdir sql" above, and drop the quotes around the
external's URL. The directory will be created when you next svn up
bar.
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