On 21.10.2012 20:49, Ben Reser wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> wrote: >> Oh yes. Eventually I'd like to see something like this: >> >> * The functionality of repo-relative externals replaced with some >> flavour of in-repo links, so that the client doesn't even have to >> know about them. >> o ... though quite likely the client will have to have /some/ way >> to know about the fact that it can see the same file twice under >> different paths in the WC >> * Most of the current uses of externals to other repositories replaced >> by better handling of remote branches (including support for remote >> merges) -- Julian and I have talked on and off about how to >> implement this. > Indeed remote merges would be helpful to a lot of workflows. Our > support for vendor branches could essentially be fixed by this and > Subversion front ends to other version control systems have become so > prevalent that people could even merge from other version control > systems.
That's one of the use cases we talked about, yes. Given how heterogeneous the VCS world has become, more and more people will want a feature like that. -- Brane -- Certified & Supported Apache Subversion Downloads: http://www.wandisco.com/subversion/download
