> -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-20...@ryandesign.com] > > On May 1, 2012, at 12:12, Brenden Walker wrote: > > > I've been trying to set properties in my repo with a command similar to: > > > > svn.exe propset --revprop -r HEAD svn:externals > "https://devsubversion/svn/Development/Trunk/Projects/XCCS/Exports@1 > 394 > Externals/XCCS"https://devsubversion/svn/Development_TEST/Tags/SiteW > atch/RC_1/Projects/SiteWatch/ > > > > svn reports it worked "property 'svn:externals' set on repository revision > 1496" however nothing is changed. I tried slik svn client, the one that comes > with tortoise as well as one compiled on a linux box. Same results. I've > tried > -file, variations on the format of the external without the pin > revision..etc.. > No luck. > > > > Perhaps a bug in VisualSVN server (what we're using currently). However I > thought I'd ask the list first to see if this is a known problem. Or maybe > the > format is just wrong. > > > > And yes, I have a pre-prop hook. > > > > I ended up working around this by checking out locally, setting props and > commit.. that works fine. > > svn:externals is a versioned property, not a revision property. Setting it on > a > revision succeeds, as you see, but it has no effect. This is simply user > error; > there is no bug. You already found the correct method: check out a working > copy, set svn:externals to the desired value on the desired directory, and > commit.
That explains it. A related follow up, I'm setting svn:externals like so: https://devsubversion/svn/Development/Trunk/Projects/XCCS/Exports@1395 Externals/XCCS That seems to work fine, when I checkout I get the correct revision however when I was looking into this I noticed a different format: -r1395 https://devsubversion/svn/Development/Trunk/Projects/XCCS/Exports Externals/XCCS I believe my first example is the correct format now, and the other is just old or perhaps simply incorrect? Thanks!