remove external dependecy from svn repo

Question

Hi,

I was creating external dependecies in one of my repos. I made a mistake and I want to delete one of these dependecies. I can't delete the folder because that deletes the folder from the parent project. I'm using tortoise svn-client and I can't find a command to achieve this, I removed the external property from the properties list but it didn't seem to work. Please help!

Thanks.

Answer 1

If I understand your question, you'll want to remove the folder from the externals property (or remove the property if that's the only folder) and check in your changes. Then you'll be able to delete the folder, which should now be unversioned.

Answer 2

If you've removed the property from the project, that doesn't mean the local working copy is removed. Simply delete the local working copy of the external dependency.

Answer 3

These are the conclusions:

• Delete the external property.
• Change the name of the folder that is causing problems.
• Update the repo, the folder will be added again empty.
• Now, delete the renamed folder.