Setting up externals , indivudual files

[Jonas S]

Im trying to create externals , 

1. I create a new folder in SVN called "common" where I want my external files to be located in.

2. I check out that folder

3. right click on folder->TortoiseSVN->properties

4. Click New->Externals

5. New-> Under URL: I write the url of the file i want. eg. modules/Project1/file1.txt

But I get an error msg saying

Error parsing Svn:externals property on "...modules/common": "modules/Project1"

What am I doing wrong?

[Daniel Sahlberg]

You should provide a full URL or a "relative" url as described in the Subversion book:

https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html

/Daniel

[Jonas S]

Im already providing a full url but I still get that error

[Daniel Sahlberg]

onsdag 14 september 2022 kl. 12:51:10 UTC+2 skrev dr_s...@hotmail.com:

Im already providing a full url but I still get that error

Can you share it? You may mask or obfuscate the hostname of course (svn.example.com is a good candidate) and repo/path. What protocol are you using?

[Carsten chaos]

It must be the url of file/folder in another repository or a file folder in the same repository. It's not possible to link to a file/folder wich is not under version control of svn.

You must define a name (local path) and the source url of the external 

[Jonas S]

that worked but the file I add the external for doesnt show up in my folder (in your img that would be the "external_v3.0" folder). When I check out that folder from svn and try to update I get the following error:

External failed: C:\modules\common

The file external from
 ' svn.example.com/modules/project1/file1.txt'
 cannot overwrite the existing versioned item at
 ' C:\modules\common '

[Jonas S]

Aha, ok now it works. The local path: should only be the file name of the specific file I want to create the external for. I thought it was the path of the folder it would be inside of!

Thanks for the help!