On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:36:39 -0500, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I think we're trying to find a compromise that satisfies > > both. As long as someone can come up with a way to do the > > equivalent of the '*' URL I mentioned above, I'd be happy > > with A + that script / tool / method. > > Add, externals definitions to that list. > > Assume that /jakarta/commons/proper/current is just a directory with > externals to every trunk for components in commons proper, and > /jakarta/commons/sandbox/current is just a directory with externals to > every trunk for sandbox components. I could also see someone wanted to > checkout only the current production release of every component, we > could similarly have a /jakarta/commons/proper/production which would > contain externals pointing to the latest official release tag. > > See section 7.3 "External Definitions" of Version Control with > Subversion by Collins-Sussman, Fitzpatrick, and Pilato. You can read > that book on Safari or online for free here: > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.
Huh. I hadn't got that far in the book yet. ;-) That certainly looks promising. The last two paragraphs of that section make me a little unsure, though, of whether or not working in such a tree is going to behave the way we want for committers and release managers (mostly because I don't fully grok what they're trying to say ;). -- Martin Cooper > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
