[MRELEASE-549] Pin svn:externals when copying (tagging/branching)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-M4, 3.0.0-M2
• Component/s: prepare
• Assignee: Michael Osipov
• Reporter: Stephen Connolly
• Created: 20/Apr/10 03:08
• Updated: 19/Apr/21 10:39
• Resolved: 27/Jan/20 08:11

Description

svn:externals is a property set on directories in a subversion repository.

there are two classes of svn:externals, ones which specify a revision and ones which do not.

when creating a tag, the tag should only contain svn:externals which have been pinned to specific revisions, otherwise the tag is not a tag, i.e. it is subject to change.

A generic solution (i.e. not SVN specific) would be to add preTagGoals and postTagGoals so that a custom goal could be invoked around creating the tag.

Issue Links

• depends upon: SCM-805 Add SVN --pin-externals option to copy command (branch/tag)
• is duplicated by: MRELEASE-500 Support for SVN externals, please
• relates to: SCM-823 Support for Subversion 1.9's feature to pin svn:externals when tagging
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #32