On Sep 19, 3:05 pm, Philip Martin <philip.mar...@wandisco.com> wrote: > "rupert.thurner" <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> writes: > > with svn-1.6 > > > svn co > > --ignore-externalshttps://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gar/csw/mgar/pkg/subversion > > cd subverison/trunk > > ln -s gar ../whatever > > svn st > > X gar > > > with svn -1.7 this looks like: > > > svn st > > ? gar > > It's different, but is it 1.6 or 1.7 that is broken? In 1.7 the > externals are more completely ignored when --ignore-externals is used, > so the wc treats gar as unversioned until you run 'svn up' without > --ignore-externals.
imo, 1.7 is broken. the working copy is not aware that there is an external, and therefor thinks a folder "gar" in the above example, created with other means, is new. rupert.
