svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on '.'

Question

If I do

svn propset svn:externals 'https://url.to.remote.branch' .

svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on '.' : 'https://url.to.remote.branch'

If I do

svn propedit svn:externals 'https://url.to.remote.branch' .

::vi - enter message::

svn: Error parsing svn:externals property on 'https://url.to.remote.branch': 'message'

Any ideas? I haven't been able to google/find the instance of this problem happening on '.'

Answer 1

svn propset svn：externals'branch-dir url.to.remote.branch';