Can I emulate svn:externals using mercurial?

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Eltariel picture Eltariel · Oct 20, 2008 · Viewed 10k times · Source

We are considering a move from SVN to Mercurial, and have encountered a stumbling block.

We currently use svn:externals to automatically pull a common set of libraries into the working directory. I can't find support for anything like this in Mercurial.

Is there a way to do this automatically with Mercurial, or do I need to fake it as part of my build process?

Answer

Nick Pierpoint picture Nick Pierpoint · Jul 13, 2009

It appears that the functionality of the Forest Extension is being implemented into core Mercurial (as of 1.3):

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/Subrepository.

Currently marked as "experimental" but perhaps will be the route to handle svn:external -type functionality as of v1.4.

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