On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:32:53PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2011, at 08:15, Richard Cavell wrote: > > > 1. Is using externals a good idea? > > > > I've been told that it's generally a bad idea, and it feels to me like a > > bad idea, since it obfuscates what's going on in the repo. Is it often > > done for professional projects? > > Using *file* externals might be considered to be a bad idea, due to > the many peculiar behaviors and missing features they have when > compared to traditional directory externals. I've made a mental note > that I won't be using file externals. Directory externals are fine > though if you know what you're doing, and I've used them in a few > projects. >
I've got some good news: You can start using file externals in 1.7 again. The weird issues they had have been fixed.
