how to get the newly created branch/folder without extra .svn folder?

[James Peng]

Hello everybody,



I have the following project structure:



Project

--.svn

--branches

--p1

--p2

--trunk



Now my co-worker has added a 'p3' under the branches and also a
'products/pp1' under the Project folder:



Project

--.svn

--branches

--p1

--p2

--p3 ----------------------
newwwwwwww

--trunk

--products

--pp1
----------------------newwwwwwww





How can I get the new p3 and pp1 without get extra .svn under other folders?



It seems I have to use 'co', then I will get .svn folder extra .svn under
other folders. These extra .svn folders should not be there? How to avoid
them?



Thanks,

James

[Johan Corveleyn]

Post by James Peng
Hello everybody,
Project
--.svn
--branches
--p1
--p2
--trunk
Now my co-worker has added a ‘p3’ under the branches and also a
Project
--.svn
--branches
--p1
--p2
--p3 ----------------------
newwwwwwww
--trunk
--products
--pp1
----------------------newwwwwwww
How can I get the new p3 and pp1 without get extra .svn under other folders?
It seems I have to use ‘co’, then I will get .svn folder extra .svn under
other folders. These extra .svn folders should not be there? How to avoid
them?

It depends a bit on how you have set up your working copy. I believe
you're looking to have a "sparse working copy" with several parts of
the repository (but all being part of one working copy / one working
copy root / one .svn folder). If so, I suggest you take a look at:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.sparsedirs.html

Basically 'co' will give you an entirely new working copy, with its
own root (it can be embedded in another working copy, but that's not a
great idea). If you want to change the "sparseness" / structure of
your existing working copy, you need to use 'svn up' in combination
with the --set-depth option to include or exclude extra parts.

[Mark Phippard]

Post by James Peng

Post by James Peng
Hello everybody,
Project
--.svn
--branches
--p1
--p2
--trunk
Now my co-worker has added a ‘p3’ under the branches and also a
Project
--.svn
--branches
--p1
--p2
--p3 ----------------------
newwwwwwww
--trunk
--products
--pp1
----------------------newwwwwwww
How can I get the new p3 and pp1 without get extra .svn under other

folders?

Post by James Peng
It seems I have to use ‘co’, then I will get .svn folder extra .svn under
other folders. These extra .svn folders should not be there? How to avoid
them?

It depends a bit on how you have set up your working copy. I believe
you're looking to have a "sparse working copy" with several parts of
the repository (but all being part of one working copy / one working
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.sparsedirs.html
Basically 'co' will give you an entirely new working copy, with its
own root (it can be embedded in another working copy, but that's not a
great idea). If you want to change the "sparseness" / structure of
your existing working copy, you need to use 'svn up' in combination
with the --set-depth option to include or exclude extra parts.

I had a couple of different thoughts.


1. SVN client version matters. SVN 1.7+ will have only a single .svn
folder at the root of the working copy, but SVN 1.0-1.6 put a .svn folder
in every folder.

2. Usage of svn:externals matters. Every svn:external reference is a
working copy inside the working copy and it will contain a .svn folder at
its root. So that is kind of the exception to the previous point.

My assumption is that James is running into one of these issues.