Lorenz wrote: > Stefan Kueng wrote: >> I'm still doing some testing with the new --pin-externals feature, and I >> found a situation which I'm not sure should be handled that way: >> >> imagine the repo is at r100. Now if one does a >> svn copy http://server/trunk http://server/branches/b1 -r50 --pin-externals >> >> then all externals get pinned at r100. But shouldn't in-repo externals >> get pinned to r50 instead? At least in this kind of copy, I think those >> externals should get pinned to r50? > > just thinking out loud: would making --pin-externals require/allow a > revision parameter be an alternative?
Lorenz: No, because in general the externals can point to different repositories, and the revision numbers in different repositories are not synchronized. - Julian
