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Asked: 2026-05-27T20:30:39+00:00

I use Open Source libraries like FastMM. I check it out from https://fastmm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fastmm and

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I use Open Source libraries like FastMM.

I check it out from https://fastmm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fastmm

and then would like to add it to my own SVN server https://project.svn.company.com/

But since the files are already checked out from https://fastmm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fastmm there is no way to add them to my own SVN.

I would like to have both:

  1. The files which I need for my compilation in my SVN https://project.svn.company.com/

  2. Have to ability to easily Update the open source libraries from https://fastmm.svn.sourceforge.net

What is the recommended way of dealing with this?

P.S. The servers are SVN and the client is TortoiseSVN

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use external dependency that will automatically update other subversion repositories when you update yours.

    A simple tutorial with tortoise (this is with the TortoiseSVN 1.7, but the process is very similar with older versions of TortoiseSVN):

    In explorer, right click on your subversion working copy folder, and choose TortoiseSVN > properties

    choose new > externals

    Add a new external, putting in a local path you want it to be checked out to, the repository url, and revision.

    Hit ok a few times/close any tortoise dialogs, then do an update on your repository. If everything is setup correctly your local repository and the other repository you linked to. You might have to commit the properties changes before doing an update.

    You can modify/remove the external at any time you want to via a similar method as described above (instead of choosing new, choose edit/remove).

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