# Piston 1.1.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piston-1-1-0/66571>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 27, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piston-1-1-0/66571 "2006-08-27T05:26:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piston-1-1-0/66571/1 "2006-08-27T05:26:56Z")

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Piston is a utility that enables merge tracking of remote  
repositories. This is similar to svn:externals, except you have a  
local copy of the files, which you can modify at will. As long as the  
changes are mergeable, you should have no problems.

This release adds the ‘convert’ subcommand, which converts existing  
working copies using svn:externals into Piston managed folders. Thanks  
to Dan K. for the request.

Piston 1.1.0 also features recursive updates if no targets are  
specified.

Additional documentation was added: daily usage and operational details.

= Installation

$ gem install piston

[http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/)

Enjoy !