Is it possible to link SVN repository files so that a file is actually a reference to another repository's file?

Question

I can see some potential difficulties with this concept but the idea is:

I change a file in Repository A and commit, Repository B has a file that is a link to a fil

Answer 1

Check out this post..
It helped me
how to properly set svn svn externals property in svn command line

For those who dont want to follow the link here is a brief overview.

svn propset svn:externals 'akismet http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk' .

• akismet - dir or file name you want your link to be called
• http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk - The link to the svn repo you want to link to
• . - The current directory so make sure your in the dir you want the link to reside

After running the above do a

svn commit

and

svn update

Answer 2

This is easy to do with "external" links in your subversion repository.

Personally I find this is very useful for incorporating open source libraries into my code (Codeplex, Google Code, etc...).

Search for "svn:externals" to find documentation on the details

Answer 3

If you're lucky enough to use subversion 1.6, you can have external links for both directories AND files

Answer 4

Yes, for directories anyway

See this section on svn externals. The svn:externals property is set on a versioned directory; its value is typically another versioned directory in a repository (possibly the same one) of your organization. They act in the end something like symbolic links.

Update: Good call also by basszero but note that the questioner almost certainly does not have an svn 1.6 repo, so he can't do it with files.