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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Generate mergeexternals.svndump
+#
+
+mkdir temp
+cd temp
+
+mkdir project-orig
+cd project-orig
+mkdir trunk
+mkdir branches
+cd ..
+
+svnadmin create testrepo
+svnurl=file://`pwd`/testrepo
+svn import project-orig $svnurl -m "init project"
+
+svn co $svnurl project
+cd project/trunk
+mkdir d1
+echo a > d1/a
+mkdir d2
+echo b > d2/b
+mkdir -p common/ext
+echo c > common/ext/c
+svn add d1 d2 common
+svn ci -m addfiles
+svn up
+svn propset svn:externals '^/trunk/common/ext ext' d1
+svn propset svn:externals '^/trunk/common/ext ext' d2
+svn ci -m addexternals
+cd ..
+svn up
+svn cp trunk branches/branch
+cd branches
+svn ci -m addbranch
+cd branch
+mkdir d3
+echo d > d3/d
+svn add d3
+svn propset svn:externals '^/trunk/common/ext ext3' d3
+svn ci -m touchbranch
+cd ../../trunk
+svn merge '^/branches/branch'
+svn up
+svn ci -m 'merge'
+cd ../..
+
+svnadmin dump testrepo > ../mergeexternals.svndump