Re: svn:externals using git submodules

From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: May 1, 2007, 18:39 UTC
Message-ID: <200705011939.17846.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200705011936.14345.andyparkins@gmail.com>

On Tuesday 2007, May 01, Andy Parkins wrote:

> Now, changes to that file _are_ tracked, in that if I changed the URL
> that change would be recorded in the parent repository.  However,
> nowhere is the revision of the external recorded.  Subversion always
> fetches the latest revision at that URL.

I meant to add as well that this is absolutely NOT the thing that you want to be tracked. There are any number of times while using externals that I reorganised a directory only to have to change the svn:externals in the parent. That change is then tracked, so if you check out an earlier version not only do you not get a particular revision you also don't get the right URL, so subverion doesn't even fetch the current version. Gah!

Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
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