Ryan: I was able to set multiple external definitions using the --file option. Worked pretty well, actually considering how challenging everything else has been so far!
One last question on this topic. I want to pin the external definition to a known revision using something this shortened command, but it's not working. The "-r 109" being the revision I want to pin to. c:\Temp\800>svn propset svn:externals -r 109 <path info> . svn: E205000: Cannot specify revision for setting versioned property 'svn:externals' Andreas: I will provide feedback on the documentation shortly. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt < subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2013, at 14:14, C M wrote: > > > Thank you for the "teach a man to fish" approach. Though I didn't find > the documentation to be very clear, I was able to set the property using > the syntax below. > > > > > > c:\Temp\800>svn propset svn:externals "ver_1.0 > svn://3.x.x.x/trunk/Customer1/system_800/ver_1.0" . > > property 'svn:externals' set on '.' > > > > This worked for the directory listed above. I then added several > external definitions, but when I finally committed and checked out, it > seems that only the last definition was applied. Evidently I overwrote the > previous definitions. > > > > Can I add multiple external definitions? If it's in the "svn help > propset", I am not seeing it. > > Yes you can have multiple externals definitions, one on each line of the > svn:externals property. Setting a multiline property on the command line > via "svn propset" is difficult, so instead try "svn propedit svn:externals > ." (and type the multiline externals into the interactive editor) or "svn > propset svn:externals --file X ." (and provide a file X containing the > multiline externals). > > >
