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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Christopher Thiele <ch...@gmx.net> on 2006/09/18 12:27:12 UTC

svn:externals recursion

Hi Everybody,

i'm trying to use svn:external to link from one "Folder2" to another in the same repository ("Folder1"): 

>svn propget svn:externals Folder2
Folder1 http://server/svn/dumptest/trunk

"Folder1" and "Folder2" are both directories located in "trunk". "Folder1" contains "file1.txt" and "Folder3". On updating the following lines are printed on the console:

Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1'
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\file1.txt
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\Folder3
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2
A    Folder2\Folder1\file1.txt

Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1'
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\file1.txt
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\Folder3
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\file1.txt

Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1'
A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1

... and so on...

I'm using SVN 1.4, the shown behavior can be seen with TortioseSVN, too. Have I set the property svn:externals in a wrong way or is this a bug in SVN?

Thanks,

Christopher
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Re: svn:externals recursion

Posted by Jeremy Pereira <je...@jeremyp.net>.
On 18 Sep 2006, at 13:27, Christopher Thiele wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> i'm trying to use svn:external to link from one "Folder2" to  
> another in the same repository ("Folder1"):
>
>> svn propget svn:externals Folder2
> Folder1 http://server/svn/dumptest/trunk

This means "create a folder called Folder1 in directory Folder2 and  
put the contents of http://server/svn/dumptest/trunk in it".   
Naturally, trunk contains Folder2 with an svn:externals to trunk  
which contains Folder2 which contains an svn:externals to trunk which  
contains Folder2....

You want

Folder1 http://server/svn/dumptest/trunk/Folder1

as your svn:externals

>
> "Folder1" and "Folder2" are both directories located in "trunk".  
> "Folder1" contains "file1.txt" and "Folder3". On updating the  
> following lines are printed on the console:
>
> Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1'
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\file1.txt
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\Folder3
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2
> A    Folder2\Folder1\file1.txt
>
> Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1'
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\file1.txt
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1\Folder3
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\file1.txt
>
> Hole externen Verweis nach 'Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2 
> \Folder1'
> A    Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder2\Folder1\Folder1
>
> ... and so on...
>
> I'm using SVN 1.4, the shown behavior can be seen with TortioseSVN,  
> too. Have I set the property svn:externals in a wrong way or is  
> this a bug in SVN?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christopher
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