Subversion externals problem
externals, svn
Solution
The ^/ syntax you refer to is new in SVN 1.5, so you may be using an older version of the client and/or server that doesn't understand that syntax. Also, in order to support the new externals syntax in 1.5, they changed the order of the paramters in the externals definition. I think you want the path first, then the folder name for it to appear under. The details are in the docs.
Problem
I am new to SVN and make heavy use of the externals property. I have a repository located on my PC and the externals properties have a hardcoded 'localhost' in the name, which is now giving me problems. For example: ``` /project1/trunk /shared/trunk ``` `project1/trunk` depends on the shared folder so has an `svn:externals` property of svn://localhost/shared/trunk. This works fine with TortoiseSVN and I can checkout `project1/trunk` and am given a copy of `shared/trunk`. Now I have moved the repository to another server and the externals links no longer work for obvious reasons (TortoiseSVN is trying to checkout out `svn://localhost/shared/trunk` which no longer exists). So I need to update all my externals - but I don't want to hardcode any machine names - so how do I make this work? Bear in mind that the repository may move again at some point. Digging around the SVN manuals I came across the ^/ syntax, so I tried the following: ``` svn:externals shared ^/shared/trunk ``` This was accepted but when I try and checkout a copy of `project1` on my PC I get the following error: ``` Unrecognized format for the relative external URL 'shared'. Check the path and/or URL you've entered. ``` Unless I hardcode the repository machine name in the externals I can't make this work - it seems like a black art so any advice would be welcome.