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I'm trying to set an external path on SVN. Here is what I do in SVN:

  1. Right click on folder where I want an external
  2. Select "Show Properties"
  3. New -> Externals
  4. In "Externals", I click New

  5. At local path, I tried setting the path I wanted, but whatever I set, when I update the files, it adds the path I wrote to the folder which I added the external. For example my folder on SVN is "Externals". If I set Local path to ^/trunk/external, when I'll commit it tries to fetch files from (all the long path before)/Externals/^/trunk/Externals. How do I tell it that the local path is the current directory? If I set nothing, it complains, if I set ./ it complains...

  6. For the URL where to fetch files from, it sometimes works when I set a file, but not a folder?

Note: I used this site but unfortunately, the part where I have trouble just says:

To add a new external, click the New... and then fill in the required information in the shown dialog.

I read the tips afters but they don't help... If someone has a concrete example it would help a lot.

Cher
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  • You cannot put the files of a external in the _current_ directory. You should put it one directory up. The directory you want the externals in, should not be created. – Veda Jun 10 '15 at 19:06
  • Since you are apparently using Tortoise, you would do well to tag this as such. – PJTraill Jun 10 '15 at 21:46

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This is the dialog from TortoiseSVN that you're having difficulties with:

Tortoise SVN New External definition dialog

Here, Local Path refers to the file or folder relative to the folder that has this externals property set on it. So, if I had a folder at ^/trunk/Externals that I wanted to exist here as well, I'd set it up as follows:

  • Local Path: Externals (note that it must not exist in the current directory; it will be created)
  • URL: ^/trunk/Externals

This is setting a property (as you can see from the title bar) on the folder C:\Sources\Ops. The result is that updating C:\Sources\Ops will pull the contents of the ^/trunk/Externals folder in SVN into C:\Sources\Ops\Externals.

Patrick Quirk
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  • thanks a lot! But now it says : The specified path has an unexpected status. – Cher Jun 10 '15 at 19:16
  • Make sure the folder that the externals are going into should not be checked into SVN. In my example, C:\Sources\Ops\Externals should not be already be on SVN. – Patrick Quirk Jun 10 '15 at 19:30
  • nice! exactly! It didn't work the way I though it would. I though it would add file in an existing folder. Thanks a lot!! – Cher Jun 10 '15 at 19:37
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    I edited your answer to add a comment about the fact that the file will be created. If you mind it feel free to reject it!! – Cher Jun 10 '15 at 19:43
  • Good idea. I tweaked the style just a bit. Thanks! – Patrick Quirk Jun 10 '15 at 19:59