Re: [boost] Radical idea for repository structure

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-19 11:37:04

on Tue Sep 18 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>> Just a caution that svn externals are not the panacea they are made
>>> out to be.
>> 
>> We've had plenty of those warnings already, but I'm not claiming
>> they're a panacea.  I'm only claiming that if you want a directory in
>> your SVN working development copy that has the exact structure of a
>> Boost installation's include directory, svn:externals makes it
>> possible.
>
> And how will you handle header files directly in 'boost' dir? svn:externals
> only work on directories.

Yes, the common 'boost' directory contains the externals.  Header
files directly in boost are changed to be simple forwarding headers to
the real files, which live in the subdirectories for particular
libraries.

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