On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:23:45 -0600, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> >On Dec 26, 2017, at 02:00, Bo Berglund wrote: > >> In an earlier thread I asked about how I could simulate this in svn >> and to use the "svn externals" system was adviced. >> >> When I am now facing actually doing this I find that (unless I am >> mistaken) the externals only reference whole directories, which is not >> what I want. I need individual files from a couple of source >> directories containing commonly used files in every such project. >> >> Is it actually possible to do this in Subversion? > >Yes, file externals are possible in Subversion 1.6 and later. > >http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html > It seems like the externals have to be directories and not individual files.... I tried to check out a file from svn but it failed miserably: svn co https://server/svn/pc/project/trunk/file.pas src svn: E200007: URL 'https://server/svn/pc/project/trunk/file.pas' refers to a file, not a directory -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden
