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Asked: 2026-05-28T17:24:11+00:00

I have this svn:external file in a project: Silex https://github.com/fabpot/Silex/trunk Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit https://github.com/symfony/BrowserKit/trunk Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader https://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader/trunk

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I have this svn:external file in a project:

Silex https://github.com/fabpot/Silex/trunk
Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit https://github.com/symfony/BrowserKit/trunk
Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader https://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader/trunk
Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/CssSelector https://github.com/symfony/CssSelector/trunk
Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler https://github.com/symfony/DomCrawler/trunk

when I do a svn update in the external directory I get this svn error: svn: warning: Unable to lock 'Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component'

There is a way to checkout an svn:external into a directory owned by another svn:external?

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, it is not possible. Read the section “Externals Definition” from the SVN Red Book. There you will find the following notice:

    The relative target subdirectories of externals definitions must not
    already exist on your or other users’ systems—Subversion will create
    them when it checks out the external working copy.

    However, it should be possible to use an externals definition like that:

     Silex/product https://github.com/fabpot/Silex/trunk
 Silex/vendor/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit https://github.com/symfony/BrowserKit/trunk
 ...

    So your directories created by svn:externals do not exist by the creation of other externals directories.

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