I'm using tortoise svn in Windows.
How can I branch in SVN and have it branch my svn:external folders as well?
I'm using tortoise svn in Windows.
How can I branch in SVN and have it branch my svn:external folders as well?
When you create a branch within Subversion you are simply creating a cheap copy of the trunk, branch, or tag that you are branching from. This cheap copy will contain all of the same files and properties as the trunk, branch, or tag that you branched from until you begin to modify the properties or files of the new branch.
However, you may be able to modify one of the 'commit' hooks to modify settings automatically once you commit your branch. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05s02.html
Otherwise if you want your externals to be modified on the branch you will need to do so manually.
You'll have to manually create a branch in your external repository and then change your svn:external property to point to the correct branch.
You should use svn:externals
as external references from different repositories. So svn:externals
should refer to components, modules, 3rd party tools, etc.
You should not use svn:externals
to emulate a "symbolic link"-behaviour by using externals to point into the same repository.
You can solve such issues most of the time by modifying your build-structure, or use checkout-scripts and sparse checkout feature.
svn:externals have a lot of problems most of them are difficult to see, track and repair: see an example here
If you use externals to point to other repositories, you will most of the time do not have these problems.