svn:switch doesn't work with relative svn:external?

Question

We have a subfolder that is a relative svn external (../project/subfolder). In a fresh trunk checkout it points to (...TRUNK/project/subfolder) and in a fresh branch checkout i

Answer 1

Subversion generally considers externals to be separate from their containing project. For example, "svn commit" only looks at files in the project, not at any files in externals contained within the project. "svn switch" works the same way; you can switch the main project, but you'll need to run a separate "svn switch" on each external.