From users-return-8885-apmail-subversion-users-archive=subversion.apache.org@subversion.apache.org Wed May 11 10:33:30 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-subversion-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-subversion-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C88094ACD for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 10:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 37471 invoked by uid 500); 11 May 2011 10:33:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-subversion-users-archive@subversion.apache.org Received: (qmail 37452 invoked by uid 500); 11 May 2011 10:33:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@subversion.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@subversion.apache.org Received: (qmail 37445 invoked by uid 99); 11 May 2011 10:33:30 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 May 2011 10:33:30 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of andy.levy@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.43] (HELO mail-bw0-f43.google.com) (209.85.214.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 May 2011 10:33:23 +0000 Received: by bwz14 with SMTP id 14so446918bwz.16 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 03:33:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Xyng1qFMYWbB430aZg1Aspjrm9QWFrb5f3oUmVefNnI=; b=dwspRaBTyC4hwuQJ288/Mh7AtZM9BVWmqkO4pIYXiwk6eOSv41oncMygaLrVodPYRw K9dg4w9YwNfwtGKLX5AkpSOXIv1F6qRhRxfkm13w7YuUMGtjU75sF6PbN5V6Kb9EVhUn 8lJAB8lY5zLfTN26trmmmWX43vnicijTIScMg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hyBdbAqIXyBWL1Kp2PCSgTd6gvn5oXB78GqvaaPeMtpX01xiCPmVh44801mtseGiJm H7EHboe0XzG9foZH7ZUmkNB50p6jrSgXM0fpFbJzSc1hgZ70d9YS0hRN5RKP4b52C7ME o8o5/0qUhBRAha6GH9alK/5QP2y6RrkWB/cag= Received: by 10.204.35.206 with SMTP id q14mr4741271bkd.128.1305109983311; Wed, 11 May 2011 03:33:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.73.207 with HTTP; Wed, 11 May 2011 03:32:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Andy Levy Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 06:32:21 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Find out whether a directory is external To: Markus Schaber Cc: users@subversion.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 02:57, Markus Schaber w= rote: > Hi, > > > > Is it true that the only way to find out whether a directory residing > somewhere deep in a working copy tree is included via =93svn:externals=94= is to > check the parent directory? > Yes. Due to how WC metadata is handled, a directory in a WC doesn't "know" what's above it in the hierarchy. This may change with 1.7 but that's merely wild speculation based on the fact that the WC handling code has been completely redone.