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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Phillip Hellewell <ss...@gmail.com> on 2010/03/04 21:20:37 UTC

SVN switch --relocate with relative externals

When doing a svn switch --relocate on a folder with externals, for any of
the externals that are relative it ought to descend into those and do the
relocate there as well.

Thoughts?

Phillip

Re: SVN switch --relocate with relative externals

Posted by Phillip Hellewell <ss...@gmail.com>.
Done.  It is issue 3597.

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3597

Phillip

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:30 AM, C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>wrote:

> Would you be so kind as to file an issue in our tracker for this request,
> por favor?
>
> Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> > Agreed.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:24 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net
> > <ma...@collab.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> >     > When doing a svn switch --relocate on a folder with externals, for
> >     any of
> >     > the externals that are relative it ought to descend into those and
> >     do the
> >     > relocate there as well.
> >     >
> >     > Thoughts?
> >
> >     I think it certainly should try to descent into externals, yes,
> >     gracefully
> >     skipping external working copies not based on the same repository
> >     specification as the primary working copy.  Unless, of course,
> >     --ignore-externals is specified.
> >
> >     --
> >     C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net <ma...@collab.net>>
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> >
>
>
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> C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>
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Re: SVN switch --relocate with relative externals

Posted by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>.
Would you be so kind as to file an issue in our tracker for this request,
por favor?

Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> Agreed.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:24 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net
> <ma...@collab.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Phillip Hellewell wrote:
>     > When doing a svn switch --relocate on a folder with externals, for
>     any of
>     > the externals that are relative it ought to descend into those and
>     do the
>     > relocate there as well.
>     >
>     > Thoughts?
> 
>     I think it certainly should try to descent into externals, yes,
>     gracefully
>     skipping external working copies not based on the same repository
>     specification as the primary working copy.  Unless, of course,
>     --ignore-externals is specified.
> 
>     --
>     C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net <ma...@collab.net>>
>     CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net <http://www.collab.net>   <>  
>     Distributed Development On Demand
> 
> 


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Re: SVN switch --relocate with relative externals

Posted by Phillip Hellewell <ss...@gmail.com>.
Agreed.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:24 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>wrote:

> Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> > When doing a svn switch --relocate on a folder with externals, for any of
> > the externals that are relative it ought to descend into those and do the
> > relocate there as well.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> I think it certainly should try to descent into externals, yes, gracefully
> skipping external working copies not based on the same repository
> specification as the primary working copy.  Unless, of course,
> --ignore-externals is specified.
>
> --
> C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>
> CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Distributed Development On Demand
>
>

Re: SVN switch --relocate with relative externals

Posted by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>.
Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> When doing a svn switch --relocate on a folder with externals, for any of
> the externals that are relative it ought to descend into those and do the
> relocate there as well.
> 
> Thoughts?

I think it certainly should try to descent into externals, yes, gracefully
skipping external working copies not based on the same repository
specification as the primary working copy.  Unless, of course,
--ignore-externals is specified.

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>
CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Distributed Development On Demand