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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by "Robert P. J. Day" <rp...@mindspring.com> on 2005/07/26 18:36:05 UTC
can an svn:externals refer to a simple directory?
it may be that i'm just missing the solution but is there an
equivalent to "svn:externals" to refer to a simple directory, not a
repository?
the rationale is that i'd like to include third party OSS source in
a project, and this is not source that would *ever* be modified. for
example, a copy of the linux kernel. there would be little point in
checking something like that into the repository since it would never
have local changes committed back in; hence little value in adding it
to the repo.
does this make any sense?
rday
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Re: can an svn:externals refer to a simple directory?
Posted by "Robert P. J. Day" <rp...@mindspring.com>.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> > it may be that i'm just missing the solution but is there an
> > equivalent to "svn:externals" to refer to a simple directory, not a
> > repository?
> >
> > the rationale is that i'd like to include third party OSS source in
> > a project, and this is not source that would *ever* be modified. for
> > example, a copy of the linux kernel. there would be little point in
> > checking something like that into the repository since it would never
> > have local changes committed back in; hence little value in adding it
> > to the repo.
> >
> > does this make any sense?
>
>
> I don't understand. svn:externals normally maps local directories
> to URLs, so that when you do an 'svn checkout', a bunch of extra
> checkouts happen. What exactly would it mean if an external
> referred to a "simple directory"? What would happen when you
> checkout the larger project?
never mind, i just realized i was making things far more difficult
than they need to be. i can just put references in the makefiles.
duh. just forget i asked that.
rday
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Re: can an svn:externals refer to a simple directory?
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Jul 26, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> it may be that i'm just missing the solution but is there an
> equivalent to "svn:externals" to refer to a simple directory, not a
> repository?
>
> the rationale is that i'd like to include third party OSS source in
> a project, and this is not source that would *ever* be modified. for
> example, a copy of the linux kernel. there would be little point in
> checking something like that into the repository since it would never
> have local changes committed back in; hence little value in adding it
> to the repo.
>
> does this make any sense?
I don't understand. svn:externals normally maps local directories to
URLs, so that when you do an 'svn checkout', a bunch of extra
checkouts happen. What exactly would it mean if an external referred
to a "simple directory"? What would happen when you checkout the
larger project?
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