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Error parsing svn:externals
I'm trying to set the svn:externals property on a directory in my
working copy.
I'm calling:
svn propset svn:externals "http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc/" doc
and get the following error:
svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on 'doc':
'http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc/'
What's gioing wrong here?
Reinhard
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Re: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>.
Reinhard Brandstädter <re...@ams-engineering.com> writes:
> I'm trying to set the svn:externals property on a directory in my
> working copy.
> I'm calling:
> svn propset svn:externals "http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc/" doc
The values of svn:externals isn't just a URL. See this part of the Book:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook-1.1/ch07s03.html
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Re: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by Reinhard Brandstädter <r....@gmx.at>.
On Thursday 11 November 2004 18:26, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> TortoiseSVN interprets svn:externals properties because that feature is
> inherent in the svn client library. All "clients" do it. TortoiseSVN
> didn't have to do a thing to make it happen.
>
> It sounds like you're talking about writing a server-side web-browsing
> tool, like ViewCVS, which reads the repository directly and interprets
> the external properties, creating "virtual" views of project trees.
> Right? That would work, definitely.
Oh yes that's the thing I'm thinking of although it doesn't have to be
serversided and web-based. If the svn client library can interpret
svn:externals another standalone client (like RapidSVN) could make use of
this feature and extend browsing of a repository over these external links.
Could be interesting
Reinhard
P.S.: sorry for posting my last message only to you not the list.
Re: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Nov 11, 2004, at 10:37 AM, Reinhard Brandstädter wrote:
> On Thursday 11 November 2004 16:01, you wrote:
>> 'svn:externals' is something wholly interpreted by an svn client, used
>> to construct composite working copies. The repository itself has no
>> 'symlink' feature, either between directories or other repositories.
>> So I don't think there's any way to achieve what you want.
>
> just an idea...but i didn't expect it to work anyways.
> But if a svn client like TortoiseSVN can resolve the externals def
TortoiseSVN interprets svn:externals properties because that feature is
inherent in the svn client library. All "clients" do it. TortoiseSVN
didn't have to do a thing to make it happen.
It sounds like you're talking about writing a server-side web-browsing
tool, like ViewCVS, which reads the repository directly and interprets
the external properties, creating "virtual" views of project trees.
Right? That would work, definitely.
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Re: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
'svn:externals' is something wholly interpreted by an svn client, used
to construct composite working copies. The repository itself has no
'symlink' feature, either between directories or other repositories.
So I don't think there's any way to achieve what you want.
On Nov 10, 2004, at 1:10 PM, Reinhard Brandstädter wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 November 2004 15:52, Dale Worley wrote:
>> You probably want to say
>>
>> svn propset svn:externals "doc
>> http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc" .
>
> ah OK a slight misunderstanding on my side, got it after I read the
> part in
> the book several times.
> So if you set the svn:externals property of a directory to "doc
> http://.../something" the "doc" isn't actually a directory shown in the
> repository filled with content from the external repository but it is
> created
> as a directory when checking out the repo.
>
> I tried to create the "doc" dir in my repos and then defined a
> svn:externals
> on the parent dir of that "doc" dir - which then fails of course.
> So in fact if you browse a repository (e.g. via the apache SVN mod)
> you don't
> see anything about this externals definitions.
> I guess it's not possible to link to the other repo then.
>
> Is there any repository access method (WebDAV client?) who would
> achieve this?
> The use case for this is the following:
> I have several project repositories (with similar layout), each has a
> trunk/doc directory. Now I want to create a new repository only
> containing
> external definitions to the doc directories of all the other repos.
> Since this "doc-only" repo is mainly accessed by users with low
> experience I
> want to give them ability to browse the "doc-only" repository without
> checkout (as you can do with a normal repository and a WebDAV client).
> This
> would be a really neat feature, since it allows to define different
> "views"
> and the combination would make it a nice document management system.
> (Developers work on own repos, Management has a own repository with
> only
> relevant documents of all projects....)
>
> Reinhard
>
>>
>> Remember that the svn:externals property is a property of the
>> directory
>> whose child is the imported thing. In this case, ./doc will be a
>> replica
>> of http://.../trunk/doc.
>>
>> Dale
>
>
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Re: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by Reinhard Brandstädter <r....@gmx.at>.
On Wednesday 10 November 2004 15:52, Dale Worley wrote:
> You probably want to say
>
> svn propset svn:externals "doc
> http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc" .
ah OK a slight misunderstanding on my side, got it after I read the part in
the book several times.
So if you set the svn:externals property of a directory to "doc
http://.../something" the "doc" isn't actually a directory shown in the
repository filled with content from the external repository but it is created
as a directory when checking out the repo.
I tried to create the "doc" dir in my repos and then defined a svn:externals
on the parent dir of that "doc" dir - which then fails of course.
So in fact if you browse a repository (e.g. via the apache SVN mod) you don't
see anything about this externals definitions.
I guess it's not possible to link to the other repo then.
Is there any repository access method (WebDAV client?) who would achieve this?
The use case for this is the following:
I have several project repositories (with similar layout), each has a
trunk/doc directory. Now I want to create a new repository only containing
external definitions to the doc directories of all the other repos.
Since this "doc-only" repo is mainly accessed by users with low experience I
want to give them ability to browse the "doc-only" repository without
checkout (as you can do with a normal repository and a WebDAV client). This
would be a really neat feature, since it allows to define different "views"
and the combination would make it a nice document management system.
(Developers work on own repos, Management has a own repository with only
relevant documents of all projects....)
Reinhard
>
> Remember that the svn:externals property is a property of the directory
> whose child is the imported thing. In this case, ./doc will be a replica
> of http://.../trunk/doc.
>
> Dale
--
Reinhard Brandstaedter
Wiener Str. 28 phone: 0043 699 12419541
4020 Linz icq: 73059068
Austria email: r.brandstaedter@gmx.at
RE: Error parsing svn:externals
Posted by Dale Worley <dw...@pingtel.com>.
You probably want to say
svn propset svn:externals "doc http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc"
.
Remember that the svn:externals property is a property of the directory
whose child is the imported thing. In this case, ./doc will be a replica of
http://.../trunk/doc.
Dale
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Subject: Error parsing svn:externals
I'm trying to set the svn:externals property on a directory in my
working copy.
I'm calling:
svn propset svn:externals "http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc/" doc
and get the following error:
svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on 'doc':
'http://fit-repos.ams.stiwa.com/trunk/doc/'
What's gioing wrong here?
Reinhard
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