Since we couldn't get the TRAC browsing working using the externals property, we opted to restructure our svn projects. Now all the TRAC projects will point to top-level svn folders. If time permits, I may continue to experiment. Thanks all.
On Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 4:01:59 PM UTC-4, Mary Loftis wrote: > > Am I misunderstanding the purpose of the TRAC svn:externals section? > Should I be able to browse the source for an external svn property from a > TRAC project when the svn repo to which TRAC project points contains an > external svn property? > > > > Or is the TRAC svn:externals section used to point to a different TRAC > project associated with an svn file or folder listed under the TRAC > project’s browse source? > > I have 2 svn repos. I use the same svn access control group to give users > the same access to the 2 repos. > > > > SVN repo1 *https://<my_server>/svn/AAA* <https://%3cmy_server%3e/svn/ares> > > This has svn folders under it, ws/sa/BBB > > > > SVN repo2 *https://<my_server>/svn/ BBB * > <https://%3cmy_server%3e/svn/%20B777X%20> > > This has an svn external property which points to a subfolder > under AAA, *https://<my_server>/svn/AAA/ws/sa/ BBB * > <https://%3cmy_server%3e/svn/ares/workspaces/systemarchive/b777x> > > > > In TortoiseSVN, I can navigate through repo1, *https://<my_server>/svn/AAA > and see repo2* <https://%3cmy_server%3e/svn/AAA%20and%20see%20repo2> > subfolders starting at https://<my_server>/svn/AAA/ws/sa/ BBB. > > > > I created a TRAC project, https://<my_server>/trac/ BBB. > > > > Because TRAC projects seem to want to point to top-level svn folders and > not lower-level svn subfolders, I have it pointing to repo2, > https://<my_server>/svn/ BBB. > > > > In the trac.ini file: > > > > [repositories] > > BBB.url = *https://<my_server>/svn/BBB* > <https://%3cmy_server%3e/svn/B777X> > > > > What I want to be able to do is in the TRAC BBB project, browse source so > it navigates into the repo1 subfolder starting at ws/sa/BBB. I therefore > added the following to the trac.ini file: > > > > [svn:externals] > > 1 = svn:https://guswla02.utcapp.com/svn/AAA/ws/sa/BBB > https://guswla02.utcapp.com/trac/BBB/browser/$path?rev=$rev > > > > When I open the BBB TRAC project and browse source, it shows the text, > “Property svn:externals set to > *https://guswla02.utcapp.com/svn/AAA/ws/sa/BBB* > <https://guswla02.utcapp.com/svn/ares/workspaces/systemarchive/B777X> BBB” > > > > Note – there is no link, it is just plain text. I cannot browse the source > for the external svn property. Is this possible? If so, how? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/trac-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
