Branko ?ibej wrote: >On 22.02.2017 17:42, Daniel Shahaf wrote: >> Lorenz wrote on Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 15:28:19 +0000: >>> Stefan Sperling wrote: >>> >From 'svn help ps': >>>> The URL may be a full URL or a relative URL starting with one of: >>>> ../ to the parent directory of the extracted external >>>> ^/ to the repository root >>>> / to the server root >>>> // to the URL scheme >>>> ^/../ to a sibling repository beneath the same SVNParentPath location >>> I am aware of the svn:externals syntax, but in light of the fact that >>> ^/ was alread adopted, I thought it best to stick with the ^ >>> >>> If the cmomand line client accepts the ^ as the "translate the >>> following path to an URL" marker, then anything after it could be >>> interpreted as a normal path. >>> >>> ^/ repo root relative >>> ^/../name sibling repo >>> >>> ^subpath subpath of the current working copy folder >>> ^../ parent >>> ^../path sibling >>> ^../../ grand parent >> If the first of these four were changed to require a ./ path component, > >... then it would not be backward compatible with existing syntax. >[...]
hm, to what existing syntax would "^./subpath" be in conflict with? -- Lorenz
