# HG changeset patch # User Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen # Date 1283862836 -7200 # Node ID c9811351627c23b76f024713bb079d5d2922338a # Parent ccac5ac68e714ab26974873dd657708a43d81f21 subversion.rst: mention externals support limitations. diff --git a/hgsubversion/help/subversion.rst b/hgsubversion/help/subversion.rst --- a/hgsubversion/help/subversion.rst +++ b/hgsubversion/help/subversion.rst @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ Please note that this only works for sin Support for externals ----------------------------- -All ``svn:externals`` properties are serialized into a single -``.hgsvnexternals`` file having the following syntax:: +When using a standard layout, ``svn:externals`` properties are serialized into +a single ``.hgsvnexternals`` file having the following syntax:: [.] common1 http://path/to/external/svn/repo1 @@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ a repository. Mercurial does not track directories, and as a result, any empty directories in Subversion cannot be represented in the resulting Mercurial repository. +Externals support requires that the ``svn`` command line utility is available. +In addition, externals support has been disabled for single directory clones, +due to known bugs. + Advanced Configuration ----------------------