I finally got to play with the svn:externals property. This works similarly to the shared project in Visual Source Safe and JEDI VCS.

The usage for this property is a bit awkward, and took me a few tries to get it right. Basically, you have to set this property on the directory above where you want to use it. Here are the steps I took to get this working:

I'm assuming that you have TortoiseSVN installed. Right-click on the folder that will be the parent for the external linked repository. Then Select Properties. Select the Subversion tab.



Click on the Properties button. You should get this:


Click on the Add button. You should get this dialog:


I took this screenshot with the combo box list open so that you can see what's in it.

Make sure that you select svn:externals in the drop down:


The value for this property is basically a two part string. The first part is the name of the physical child directory. The second part is the actual URL to the Subversion repository. These parts are separated by a space.

You are supposed to be able to enter more than one external definition, but I haven't tested it.

Hope you find this useful, as I sure did!