> -----Original Message-----
> From: Branko Čibej [mailto:br...@xbc.nu] On Behalf Of Branko Cibej
> Sent: donderdag 5 mei 2011 23:40
> To: Roman
> Cc: Julian Foad; dev@subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Feature wish/request: [--externals MODE] switch on update
>
> Ha. That quote from SVNbook is relevant.
> I would assume that this "feature" could be fixed in 1.7, since there is
> no longer a separate, disjoint "external working copy"?
In 1.7 directory externals are still in their own working copy (with it's own
.svn/wc.db and pristine store)
Making them share a database and pristine store isn't that hard. But making it
a single working copy requires a lot of work.
(Currently almost all code outside the lowest layers of wc_db assumes that a
node and its children are always from the same repository. If you void that
assumption...)
There are some other changes/fixes around externals: E.g. you can commit from
two workingcopies of the same repository in a single commit.
Bert
