Daniel Shahaf wrote on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 16:21:42 +0000:
> Cosmere Infahm wrote on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 14:40:53 +0200:
> > Could you please improve the warning/error to include the external involved
> > so that troubleshooting is easier?
>
> I think this patch will do the trick:
>
> [[[
> Index: subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c (revision 1743389)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c (working copy)
> @@ -497,8 +497,10 @@ switch_file_external(const char *local_abspath,
> if (!svn_dirent_is_ancestor(wcroot_abspath, def_dir_abspath))
> return svn_error_createf(
> SVN_ERR_WC_BAD_PATH, NULL,
> - _("Cannot insert a file external defined on '%s' "
> + _("Cannot insert a file external '%s' defined on
> '%s' "
> "into the working copy '%s'."),
> + svn_dirent_local_style(local_abspath,
> + scratch_pool),
> svn_dirent_local_style(def_dir_abspath,
> scratch_pool),
> svn_dirent_local_style(wcroot_abspath,
> ]]]
>
> I don't have time to check if it passes tests, though. I'd be glad if
> someone else could pick it up...
Filed as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4633.
