Can we set a single file as external in Subversion?

Question

Can we set a single file as external in Subversion?

Answer 1

I couldn't find a good example about how to create a svn file external. So I am providing an example here so it can be useful for others.

The format is

svn propset svn:externals " " 

For e.g. following command

svn propset svn:externals "my.cfg https://myserver/my/svn/location/my_sample_file.cfg.template" my_folder

will create the file https://myserver/my/svn/location/my_sample_file.cfg.template under my_folder as my.cfg. Here obviously, I assume you already have the folder my_folder under your current directory which is under svn.