How to use svn:externals
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:10 pm
I have local checked out copies of two hierarchies, both from same repository. Simply they appear as follows:
ApplesProject (top-level folder)
-----ApplesFolder1
-----ApplesFolder2
---------ApplesFile1
OrangesProject (top-level folder)
----OrangesFolder1
----OrangesFolder2
--------OrangesFile1
How would I utilize svn:externals to make my local view of ApplesProject look like this:
ApplesProject (top-level folder)
----ApplesFolder1
----ApplesFolder2
--------ApplesFile1
--------OrangesFile1
I thought I could navigate to ApplesFolder2, then click right-click -> Show SVN Properties, then click the + sign, choose svn:externals as the Name and paste in the URL for OrangesFile1, but when I do that I get an error from Syncro stating:
Operation failed: svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on '/Users/xxxxx/Dev/ApplesProject/ApplesFolder2': 'http://svn.yyyyyyyyyy.com/svn/OrangesProject/OrangesFolder2/OrangesFile1'
ApplesProject (top-level folder)
-----ApplesFolder1
-----ApplesFolder2
---------ApplesFile1
OrangesProject (top-level folder)
----OrangesFolder1
----OrangesFolder2
--------OrangesFile1
How would I utilize svn:externals to make my local view of ApplesProject look like this:
ApplesProject (top-level folder)
----ApplesFolder1
----ApplesFolder2
--------ApplesFile1
--------OrangesFile1
I thought I could navigate to ApplesFolder2, then click right-click -> Show SVN Properties, then click the + sign, choose svn:externals as the Name and paste in the URL for OrangesFile1, but when I do that I get an error from Syncro stating:
Operation failed: svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on '/Users/xxxxx/Dev/ApplesProject/ApplesFolder2': 'http://svn.yyyyyyyyyy.com/svn/OrangesProject/OrangesFolder2/OrangesFile1'