How do I perform a Subversion update on my externals only?

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2.3k views Asked by Chris At 30 January 2012 at 22:22

We use Subversion for version control, and we share common code among projects using externals. Any given project looks something like this:

project/ (svn:externals is set on this directory)
- externals/ (this directory is not checked in; it is specified in svn:externals)
  - moduleA/ (this comes from a different repository)
  - moduleB/ (this comes from a different repository)
- (other files and directories here)

To clarify, the svn:externals property set on the project/ directory is:

http://svnserver/repository/moduleA externals/moduleA
http://svnserver/repository/moduleB externals/moduleB

I would like to perform svn update on the project/ directory, but only update the contents of externals/. Is there any way to do that?

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**Jaco Briers** · Answer 1 · 2012-02-02 07:21:03

Jaco Briers On 02 February 2012 at 07:21

Just doing a svn update on the project\externals directory should work; something like:

svn update c:\somedir\project\externals

Subversion allows you to update individual sub-directories