on Mon Sep 17 2007, "David A. Greene" <greened-AT-obbligato.org> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
It's also possible to use svn:externals to automate the collection of subdirectories so you can do this directly in an svn working copy.
But note that svn externals are broken in a lot of ways. It is not possible to do a commit across externals, for example. Ditto for diffs.
What do you mean "a commit across externals?" I certainly have had no trouble with them.
Just a caution that svn externals are not the panacea they are made out to be.
We've had plenty of those warnings already, but I'm not claiming they're a panacea. I'm only claiming that if you want a directory in your SVN working development copy that has the exact structure of a Boost installation's include directory, svn:externals makes it possible. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com