On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:11:04 AM UTC+1, H. Niemann wrote: > > Hello Stefan! > > Am Dienstag, 28. November 2017 19:29:42 UTC+1 schrieb Stefan: > >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 11:23:14 AM UTC+1, H. Niemann wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> If a directory contains several subdirectories and one external >>> reference to a directory, then I can >>> >>> * check out the full directory with all it's children and get the >>> external as well >>> * "choose items ..." and pick only some of these directories, but then >>> the external is missing. >>> >>> Is there a way to create a sparse working copy that includes the >>> externals, or even better, >>> that allows me to choose whether or not I want the externals? >>> >>> >> After checking out the directories without the externals, you can >> right-click on folders that contain externals and use the "update to >> revision" entry to fetch the externals as well. >> >> Stefan >> > > Unfortunately this didn't work for me. > > If a directory contains several subdirectories not all of which shall be > checked out into the working copy, > I see the following log (only beginning) > > Command: Checkout from https://myhost.com/repos/acs64/septa, revision > HEAD, Unknown depth, Externals included >
You still leave the checkout depth the same. When doing sparse checkouts, the checkout depth is not "Fully recursive" but usually just "Only this item" or "Immediate children". To get the externals you also have to change the checkout depth to "Fully recursive" and make the depth sticky. Stefan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/2257a85a-63f7-4245-a935-0a658d828853%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
