file://myserver/share/a/b/c in svn repository on linux

Question

I have a Subversion repository on a windows cifs share. In the repository are same externals, now externals have to be absolute not relative, so whey point to file://server-name/share/a/b/c. Now when a working copy is checked-out to Gnu/Linux box it does not understand.

It there a way to map file://my-server/share to a directory?

Answer 1

svn 1.5 and later actually support specifying externals by a relative path. See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html

• ../

Relative to the URL of the directory on which the svn:externals property is set

• ^/

Relative to the root of the repository in which the svn:externals property is versioned

• //

Relative to the scheme of the URL of the directory on which the svn:externals property is set

• /

Relative to the root URL of the server on which the svn:externals property is versioned