title: How do I update only a specific svn external on first update?
body: <p>I've successfully added the external repository and we're able to update the repo by doing a recursive update on the parent folder, and the external appears correctly.</p>
  
  <pre><code>svn up parent
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, there is development work in the parent folder that doesn't need to go up to staging/production. I'm having difficulty targeting the external only without doing a recursive update on the whole directory. It gives me a miss every time when I use</p>
  
  <pre><code>svn up -r 6 parent/external/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I appreciate any advice on making the initial update of a single external without updating the whole directory.</p>
  
  <p>As a side note: the company I'm working with uses trunk with file version numbers for deployments (not ideal).</p>