On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 05:14, Giulio Troccoli <giulio.trocc...@uk.linedata.com> wrote: > Hello, > > We are starting using externals to publish some documentation for our > customer. The repository contains test files and documentation about the > testing. Some of these files and docs need to be made available to our > customer. So I thought of creating a Public folder and define the > svn:external property to pull down only the bits that we need. > > As part of the process however we decided to also reorganise the documents, > especially because some of the original file are buried into 5 or more > directories. An example of svn:external would be > > ^/api/5.31/Completed%20Projects%20(non-iTest%20docs)/5.11.23 5.31/5.11.23 > > This works very well, creating the 5.31 and 5.11.23 directories. However, if > we want to pull down a single file, e.g. > > ^/api/5.31/Completed%20Projects%20(non-iTest%20docs)/basic%20data%20cleansing/End%20To%20End%20_basic%20data%20cleansing.xls > "5.31/basic data cleansing/End To End _basic data cleansing.xls" > > then svn update fails with the message > > Fetching external item into '5.31\basic data cleansing\End To End _basic data > cleansing.xls' > svn: warning: '5.31\basic data cleansing' is not a working copy > > I thought I couldn't pull down a single file but only directories but the > manual says I can, and if I change the external as > > ^/api/5.31/Completed%20Projects%20(non-iTest%20docs)/basic%20data%20cleansing/End%20To%20End%20_basic%20data%20cleansing.xls > "End To End _basic data cleansing.xls" > > then the file is retrieved. > > I have looked in the archive and the only related message I found is a very > old one about subversion 1.2.3 > http://svn.haxx.se/tsvnusers/archive-2005-12/0068.shtml > > So, it seems to me this is a bug. I was able to write a little ksh script > (attached) to reproduced the problem.
Not only does it seem like a bug, it seems like this one. http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3368
