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can we set svn:external for a single file in debian

Aziz Shaikh
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Yes you can if can you use svn version >= 1.6.

http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.6_releasenotes.html#externals

...as drobert pointed out in a comment, svn 1.6 is still experimental in debian.

Bård
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  • ... and since the question was "in debian" [sic], Subversion 1.6 is in testing, and will be released as part of Squeeze. Lenny still has 1.5. However, Michael Diers has made a backport: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.backports.general/5391 – derobert Sep 03 '09 at 08:34
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an externals definition can only point to directories, not files.

Martin v. Löwis
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  • this is only true for subversion < 1.6 since subversion 1.6 external can point to single files – sdu Sep 17 '09 at 07:54