Issue 94 in svnbook: Document that svn:externals update behaves differently within and outside imported directory

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New issue 94 by gaff... at live.com: Document that svn:externals update  
behaves differently within and outside imported directory
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/issues/detail?id=94

Version Control with Subversion
For Subversion 1.6
(Compiled from r3774)
The section "Advanced Topics" -> "Externals Definitions"

The following behaviour should be better documented:

The effect of an "svn update" command on a directory imported using the  
svn:externals property is dependent upon whether the command is given  
outside of, or within, the imported directory.
If the update command is given outside of the imported directory, the  
imported directory is updated to the version given in the svn:externals  
definitions.  If the update command is given withing the imported  
directory, the imported directory is updated to its head version.

That is, if you have an svn:external with the value "-r57 <path to source  
in some other repository> my_import" and you do an "svn update" within  
my_import, what you will get is the head version of that directory in the  
source repository.




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numbers", as those are subject to change over time.  If you need to, quote
the book paragraph(s) that are incorrect, and recommend corrections.