Matthew J Fletcher <ami...@sky.com> writes: > I've been expermenting with SVN externals and found an issue which i > dont fully understand. My repository is as follows; > > > ------------------ > > +Play (with and extern to URL "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared > Sources" Local Path "Project 3") > > - Project 3 (externed) > -> shared.txt > > - Project 2 (with an extern to URL > "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared Sources" Local Path "Outstation > Files") > -> -> Outstation Files (externed) > -> -> -> shared.txt > -> -> unieque.txt > > -> Project 1 (with an extern to URL > "https://swserver:8443/svn/Play/Shared Sources" Local Path "osfiles") > -> -> osfiles (externed) > -> -> -> shared.txt > -> -> unieque.txt > > - Shared Sources > -> shared.txt
I'm having difficulty making sense of that description. svnadmin create repo svn co file://`pwd`/repo wc svn mkdir wc/Play svn mkdir wc/Play/SharedSources echo foo > wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt svn add wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt svn mkdir wc/Play/Project1 svn mkdir wc/Play/Project2 svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources Outstation' wc/Play/Project1 svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources osfiles' wc/Play/Project2 svn ps svn:externals '^/Play/SharedSources Project3' wc/Play # or maybe one svn:externals on Play # ^/Play/SharedSources Project3 # ^/Play/SharedSources Project2/Outstation # ^/Play/SharedSources Project1/osfiles svn ci -mm wc svn up wc echo mod >> wc/Play/SharedSources/shared.txt svn ci -mm wc svn up wc > All the externs work as expected and changes to files in "Shared > Sources" are reflected across the 3 projects. However when doing an > update/checkout i get the following error " 'External failed Project > 3' is allready locked via ." I don't understand that either. How can the externs "work as expected" if neither checkout nor update work? > I suspect that its because i am external'ing not into a seperate > folder, whereas in "Project 1" and "Project 2" the "Shared Sources" go > in there own folder. However the externals do work as expected. -- Philip
