How to have TortoiseSVN always freeze svn:externals for tags

Question

Is this possible with tortoiseSVN?:

Always freeze svn:externals for tags

the scenario is our trunk will always use the \'HEAD\' revision for externa

Answer 1

I would second Michael.

Additionally to recommendation from SVN documentation:

• Usage non-fixed revisions in svn:externals makes harder to update working copy to a specified revision (e.g. during bug investigation)
• Log of directory with svn:externals will be incomplete which may provide false information about change sets between revisions
• Branching and merging may become more complicated

Generally, SVN seems to be designed mostly for code contained in a common directory. svn:externals (even by name) is added for referencing external repositories. So I would expect other problems additionally to mentioned above.

On my experience need for usage of svn:externals for non-fixed revisions frequently comes from wrong structure in repository.

May be it's not your case, I just advise to take into account these points...