From a422f25e220a01cf7976c4e2ae18a35d4a9e73c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine@ulg.ac.be>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 07:00:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] svn tip

---
 doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index 16f9c41de5..24ac49ffbb 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -4684,6 +4684,23 @@ repository, go in the gmsh directory and type:
 svn commit
 @end example
 
+@item
+If you want to remove part of the tree from being downloaded, you can
+change its ``ambiant'' depth to ``empty''. For example, if you don't
+want to upate the ``projects'' subdirectory (as well as its
+subdirectories), type:
+
+@example
+cd projects
+svn update --set-depth empty
+@end example
+
+To later restore the projects for recursive updating, type:
+@example
+cd projects
+svn update --set-depth infinity
+@end example
+
 @end enumerate
 
 Once you have the source code, you need to run CMake to configure your
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