Re: svn:externals using git submodules

[Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 2007, May 01, Andy Parkins wrote:

> Now, changes to that file _are_ tracked, in that if I changed the URL
> that change would be recorded in the parent repository.  However,
> nowhere is the revision of the external recorded.  Subversion always
> fetches the latest revision at that URL.

I meant to add as well that this is absolutely NOT the thing that you 
want to be tracked.  There are any number of times while using 
externals that I reorganised a directory only to have to change the 
svn:externals in the parent.  That change is then tracked, so if you 
check out an earlier version not only do you not get a particular 
revision you also don't get the right URL, so subverion doesn't even 
fetch the current version.  Gah!


Andy

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