I'm trying to set up svn:externals
with TortoiseSVN on a Windows machine. I have two projects and both repositories have been already created on the same local machine.
The current structure looks like this. I created repoA
, repoB
for repositories and workA
and workB
for working directories (checkouts).
Repositories
Z:\repos\repoA
Z:\repos\repoB
Working Directories
Z:\Projects\workA\trunk\core.php
Z:\Projects\workA\trunk\lib\lib01.php
Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\core_mod.php
Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\lib\
(there are tags
and branches
folders but they are omitted to keep the question simple.)
What I'd like to achieve is the file(s) under workA\trunk\lib\
in this case lib01.php
to be automatically copied into the workB\trunk\lib\
directory.
In order to set this up, what I've done is as follows:
workA
and assigned it to repoA
and checked out workB
and assigned it to repoB
workA\trunk
folder so the repoA
is up to date.workB\trunk\lib
, right clicked on the workB
folder and chose TortoiseSVN -> Properties
.New -> Externals
and clicked New...
typed ./trunk/lib
in the Local path
form field. For the URL
field, typed file:///Z:/repos/repoA/trunk/lib
. By pressing the ...
button, repo-browser opened and helped to select the target folder.
Clicked Ok
a few times to close the settings windows. I assumed the externals setting was done.
Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\core_mod.php
Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\
and selected SVN Comit
to comit the workB
to repoB
.I expected at this point, the lib01.php would be automatically imported in the Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\lib
folder but nothing is copied. I also tried SVN Update
by right clicking on the workB\trunk
folder. But the workB\trunk\lib
folder kept empty.
I suspect the relative path ./trunk/lib
must be mistaken. I don't know. If you can point out what I'm doing wrong, it would be appreciated.
Update
6a - commit changed Working Copy WorkB to repo
This was a blind spot for me. I right clicked on Z:\Projects\workB
and selected SVN Commit...
and it gave the following error.
After clicking the OK button immediately I got a dialog window asking whether to update the folder and I clicked OK. Then TortoiseSVN started updating Z:\Projects\workB
and I got this error. But after this, when I re-commited Z:\Projects\workB
, it went through without an error.
("trunk/lib" in your case will be more bulletproof, I suppose).
Thanks, when I reselected Property
of the workB
folder and clicked on the Edit
button for the svn:externals
, TortoiseSVN automatically adjusted ./trunk/lib
to trunk/lib
. Now it is set to be so.
6b - test with repobrowser on RepoB (just fastest way), that definition is correct
I right clicked on Z:\repos\repoB
and chose TortoiseSVN -> repo-browser
and browsed down to the trunk folder. It looks as follows. Does it look right? I really don't know since I never had worked on this task. The lib folder under the trunk folder is empty in the repo-browser.
The Z:\Projects\workB\trunk\lib
folder is still empty. The error message suggests to relocate 'Z:\Projects\workB' but I'm not sure what it means.
You forgot at least one mandatory action
6a - commit changed Working Copy WorkB to repo
and one optional checkpoint
6b - test with repobrowser on RepoB (just fastest way), that definition is correct
Can't recall why, but I never use ./ in path-spec for URLs in TSVN ("trunk/lib" in your case will be more bulletproof, I suppose). And pure personal habits - I define external at the point of mount, even if as result I get multiple definitions inside repo instead one aggregated in root
Repo-browser with external in tree and definition shown