Externals are edited in a document-centric fashion.
Each svn:externals
property is opened as a new document in its own window and changes are buffered in memory until the user is ready to save them to disk using the File > Save command (key equivalent ⌘S).
Changes in an externals editor can be reverted to the version on disk using the File > Revert to Saved function (key equivalent ⌘U) at any time.
The externals editor provides two interfaces for editing a folder's external definitions:
The definition list view displays the folder's external definitions as a vertical list of definitions, with a form provided for editing the contents of each external definition.
The definition list is activated by clicking the corresponding button in the editor's toolbar:
The definition list is activated by default.
Editing Externals with the Definition List View
The property text view shows the raw text contents of the svn:externals
property.
You can use this view to directly edit the property's text if you are familiar with the svn:externals
syntax and need to perform editing operations not supported by the definition list.
The property list is activated by clicking the corresponding button in the editor's toolbar.