Hi Mark, On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 04:36 PM PDT, Mark Phippard wrote:
... Text Deleted ... > >> You just run svn up and it basically says as much in the docs: > >> > >> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.sparsedirs.html > >> > >> "Fortunately, having a complex collection of ambient depths in a single > >> working copy doesn't complicate the way you interact with that working > >> copy. You can still make, revert, display, and commit local modifications > >> in your working copy without providing any new options (including --depth > >> and --set-depth) to the relevant subcommands. Even svn update works as it > >> does elsewhere when no specific depth is provided--it updates the working > >> copy targets that are present while honoring their sticky depths." > > > > I did see/read that, but "svn up" doesn't work for me. > > > >> If this is not working for you provide a script that shows what you are > >> doing and what you are getting. > > > > If I do an "svn up" at the root dir, I get something like this: > > > > Updating '.': > > At revision 100000. > > > > But I know that there have been updates down a few directory levels. > > Hmm, I wonder if I'm not doing the "svn checkout" correctly. For > > example: > > > > If I'm in the dir "myDir" and I checkout sparsely as shown below: > > > > svn checkout svn://server.domain.com/abcd/branch_name/project1/one_dir > > project1/one_dir > > > > Note that "project1" has other directories other than "one_dir", but for > > the given project, only "one_dir" is required. > > Take a closer look at the examples in the book. You cannot create a sparse > directory using a series of checkouts. You have to selectively > expand/contract parts of a single working copy. Using the SVN repos as an > example: > > svn co --depth immediates https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk > svn-trunk > cd svn-trunk > svn up --set-depth infinity notes > svn up --set-depth infinity tools > svn up --set-depth immediates subversion > svn up --set-depth infinity subversion/bindings > > These commands build the working copy with the folders I want. From this > point on I can just do svn up at root of my WC and it will update all of the > content I have selected for my working copy. Ohhhh; that would explain it. Thank you very much for your fast and very helpful reply! Best regards, -- Mun
