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Daniel A. White
Daniel A. White

Reputation: 191058

Embedding one SVN working copy in another

How can I have my working copy for my project (in my own SVN instance) contain another from an open source project that uses SVN as well? I would like to keep the open source project up to date from its source while keeping it in my instance. I'm using VisualSVN and TortoiseSVN on Windows.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 278

Answers (3)

Yossi
Yossi

Reputation: 12110

You cannot embed another svn repository into yours, but you can maintain a link to it using externals. External is a core functionality, and works with all clients. To use externals, set the svn:externals property to:

dirname    http://domain.com/url-to-project/tag/v1.0

The second project will appear in directory dirname. This project will be updated together with your project.

When including another project which is not ruled by you, it is wise to point the externals to a stable tag.

Upvotes: 0

ChrisH
ChrisH

Reputation: 4826

Although I agree with Oli's answer that using vendor branches is generally preferred, I believe a direct answer to your question is to use Externals Definitions.

Upvotes: 4

Oliver Charlesworth
Oliver Charlesworth

Reputation: 272792

I don't think SVN supports cross-repository linking.

But generally speaking, you shouldn't be doing this. You probably don't want to always be using the bleeding-edge of the 3rd-party repository, as it could have bugs. Usually, you want to pick and choose stable release points to import. The suggested mechanism is vendor branches.

Upvotes: 1

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