[SVN-3092] svn copy should accept --ignore-externals

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.7-consider
• Component/s: cmdline client

Environment

SunOS

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 04/Feb/08 21:29
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:35
• Resolved: 26/May/10 07:57

Description

I believe the copy subcommand (and more generally, any subcommand that fetches 
external items) should accept the --ignore-externals option.
 
If I copy from a repository URL into my workspace, I sometimes do not want the 
externals fetched, just like I sometimes do not want them fetched when 
checking out a URL directly.  (The exact use case involves a release 
management system that assembles and commits release trees from "blessed" 
revisions of specific dirs and files... long story, but I can provide more 
details if you need them.)

My "buddy," Michael Pilato <[e-mail]> thinks that svn copy 
should /never/ fetch externals.  That would be fine with me, too, but I 
suspect that backward-compatibility considerations will make the addition of --
ignore-externals a more appropriate resolution.  See 
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=633213

Original issue reported by dmk

Issue Links

• duplicates: SVN-3365 Support --ignore-externals option for "svn copy"