That's correct.
Think of svn:externals as like a symbolic link, but the link is not a *file*
itself but a property of a directory. So, you won't see it, but svn will.
So (using the current myfaces repository) if you are in myfaces/current/ (or
whatever you called it) and you do 'svn
Be careful when committing changes across svn:external links.http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/svn-book.html#svn-ch-7-sect-3quote
The support that exists for externals definitions in Subversion today can be a little misleading, though. First, an externals definition can only point to directories,