I have two repositories A and B with LaTeX files/projects. Repository A contains
a bibliography file mybib.bib and I would like to use this file in
repository/project B as well. I created a symbolic link in repository B to
mybib.bib but if my colleague checks out B, the file is not found. How can I
teach svn to follow the symbolic link (the file mybib.bib in repository A)? As
far as I could figure out, one could use SVN externals, but the commands I tried
failed so far, e.g. svn propset svn:externals '/path/to/mybib.bib
https://host/of/repos/A' . leads to svn: E195005: Invalid svn:externals
property on '/path/to/repos/B': target '/path/to/mybib.bib' is an absolute path
or involves '..'
Also, does a solution (if it exists) work if the file mybib.bib would not be under version control in some repository already or would this require a totally different approach?
Related topics are (... but neither addresses the problem for non-experienced 'SVN external users'): SVN external file workaround Can we set a single file as external in Subversion? How do I properly remove an svn:externals and replace it with a local (non-external) copy of the same directory?
