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How to get started with svn:externals?

I'm looking for a succinct and well-written tutorial on using svn:externals. I already know how to use them in a basic way myself, but I want a good article that I can link to when answering questions like this one that come up recently: What to…
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Can I emulate svn:externals using mercurial?

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…
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Don't show svn:externals in svn status

I've made one svn:external in my repository. Everything works fine, except the output of the svn status command. In the output there is lot of information I don't need: $ svn st X lib Performing status on external item at 'lib' I can run svn…
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How to migrate all URLs in svn:externals properties across a repository?

We are in the process of moving our SVN repositories from one machine to another one, and with it will come a new domain name for the new repo. The problem is, that within the repository, there are lots of svn:externals references to other projects…
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How to load an external config file in a Webpack-React application without bundling it?

I have a web application that is written with React and bundled with Webpack. The application has a JSON config file that I want to include at runtime and not to be bundled with webpack. In my entry point for the application I am importing the…
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How to fetch a Subversion external without fetching all other directories and subdirectories

I have a Subversion repository called 'repo'. Inside of repo are trunk/ and branches/ directories. Within branches/ there are several dozen release branches, e.g. 1.0/, 1.1/. These branches/ directories contain a relatively large application. I want…
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Subversion externals problem

I am new to SVN and make heavy use of the externals property. I have a repository located on my PC and the externals properties have a hardcoded 'localhost' in the name, which is now giving me problems. For…
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Relative path in Subversion externals definition doesn't work for me!

I know there is a question about relative paths in subversion, but it doesn't work for me. The error I get is: svn propset svn:externals "openscada_da_server_common ../../openscada_da_server_common/schema"…
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svn externals ... yes or no?

I've read a few answers on here that condemn the use of svn:externals. I do see how they can be misused, and it does make us more dependent on Subversion, but I really don't see our group moving away from it anytime soon. Anyway, here's my…
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Help in understanding SVN Externals

I'm looking into svn externals for my company, and it seems like it would be a good feature for us to use. We have several products that often reference shared components, but have a bad habit of falling behind into older versions and even…
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Remove svn:externals property from a folder

I have a branch of the trunk. I need to re-set the properties of the externals in the branch to a different point. My idea was to remove them all and re-set them with propset. When I type svn propdel svn:externals http://path-to-branch/externals I…
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Adapting svn:externals usage for move to Mercurial

We've got in a corporate environment an svn repository structure which looks like this: root libs shared_lib1 shared_lib2 private_lib public_code private_code where public_code is an external repository which is open source and…
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How to correctly generate a complex externals structure with sharpsvn?

I have a very convoluted repository structure using subversion. Much of this has to do with the limitations of my team, security requirements, and the dependencies of the project. The structure used here is not optional as a consequence and cannot…
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What's the benefits of "svn:externals"?

I would not get to know svn:externals if I haven't run into the this page. So, I setup my working folder. Then mkdir lib/vendor svn add --parents lib/vendor svn ps svn:externals 'symfony http://svn.symfony-project.com/branches/1.4/' lib/vendor/ svn…
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Is it possible to peg a Mercurial subrepo to a specific revision (like svn:externals)?

I'm migrating a set of projects from Subversion to Mercurial. The projects currently use svn:externals to pull code from one into the others. I've been following the recommendation to point externals to a specific revision number and manually update…
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