Aha, ok now it works. The local path: should only be the file name of the specific file I want to create the external for. I thought it was the path of the folder it would be inside of! Thanks for the help!
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 1:08:11 PM UTC+2 Jonas S wrote: > that worked but the file I add the external for doesnt show up in my > folder (in your img that would be the "external_v3.0" folder). When I check > out that folder from svn and try to update I get the following error: > > External failed: C:\modules\common > The file external from > ' svn.example.com/modules/project1/file1.txt' > cannot overwrite the existing versioned item at > ' C:\modules\common ' > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:56:18 PM UTC+2 > [email protected] wrote: > >> It must be the url of file/folder in another repository or a file folder >> in the same repository. It's not possible to link to a file/folder wich is >> not under version control of svn. >> You must define a name (local path) and the source url of the external >> >> >> [email protected] schrieb am Mittwoch, 14. September 2022 um >> 12:40:50 UTC+2: >> >>> onsdag 14 september 2022 kl. 12:35:15 UTC+2 skrev [email protected]: >>> >>>> Im trying to create externals , >>>> >>>> 1. I create a new folder in SVN called "common" where I want my >>>> external files to be located in. >>>> >>>> 2. I check out that folder >>>> 3. right click on folder->TortoiseSVN->properties >>>> 4. Click New->Externals >>>> 5. New-> Under URL: I write the url of the file i want. eg. >>>> modules/Project1/file1.txt >>>> >>>> But I get an error msg saying >>>> Error parsing Svn:externals property on "...modules/common": >>>> "modules/Project1" >>>> >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>> >>> You should provide a full URL or a "relative" url as described in the >>> Subversion book: >>> >>> https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html >>> >>> /Daniel >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/df083356-3b35-4b03-aa86-022e03fbc513n%40googlegroups.com.
