rm -rf my_repo rm -rf my_wc REPO=file:///"$PWD"/my_repo svnadmin create my_repo mkdir -p my_wc/trunk mkdir -p my_wc/tags mkdir -p my_wc/branches svn import -m "std layout" my_wc $REPO rm -rf my_wc svn mkdir -m "mkdir bin" $REPO/trunk/bin svn mkdir -m "mkdir proj" $REPO/trunk/proj svn co $REPO my_wc echo rev1 > my_wc/trunk/bin/file svn add my_wc/trunk/bin/file svn propset svn:externals "../bin/file file" my_wc/trunk/proj svn commit -m "svn:externals ../bin/file file" my_wc svn copy -m "branch b1" $REPO/trunk/ $REPO/branches/b1 svn up my_wc
# set some dummy external in branch rm -rf my_branch svn co --depth empty $REPO/branches/b1 my_branch ARGS="../bin/file kalle ../bin/file sven" svn propset "svn:externals" "$ARGS" my_branch svn commit -m "Setup externals" my_branch rm -rf my_trunk svn co --depth empty $REPO/trunk my_trunk #Rev 6 is the above dummy external svn merge --record-only -c 6 $REPO/branches/b1 my_trunk #svn merge --record-only $REPO/branches/b1 my_trunk svn merge $REPO/branches/b1 my_trunk Now I see: svn diff my_trunk/ Property changes on: my_trunk ___________________________________________________________________ Added: svn:mergeinfo Merged /branches/b1:r5-6* Which looks OK to me. Then I do the same except svn merge --record-only -c 6 $REPO/branches/b1 my_trunk is replaced with svn merge --record-only $REPO/branches/b1 my_trunk Now I get: svn diff my_trunk/ Property changes on: my_trunk ___________________________________________________________________ Added: svn:mergeinfo Merged /trunk:r2-4* Merged /branches/b1:r5-6* What is /trunk:r2-4* ? Should it be at all?