diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRecursiveStatusWalker.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRecursiveStatusWalker.java
index c5afd3424c4a..07f4bcf2c256 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRecursiveStatusWalker.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRecursiveStatusWalker.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class SvnRecursiveStatusWalker {
       if (path.isDirectory()) {
         myHandler.setCurrentItem(item);
         try {
-          item.getClient(ioFile).doStatus(ioFile, SVNRevision.WORKING, item.getDepth(), false, false, true, false, myHandler, null);
+          item.getClient(ioFile).doStatus(ioFile, SVNRevision.WORKING, item.getDepth(), false, false, true, true, myHandler, null);
           myHandler.checkIfCopyRootWasReported();
         }
         catch (SVNException e) {
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/commandLine/SvnCommandLineStatusClient.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/commandLine/SvnCommandLineStatusClient.java
index 891c18c861d8..e4aa6b3f2da1 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/commandLine/SvnCommandLineStatusClient.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/commandLine/SvnCommandLineStatusClient.java
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -112,9 +114,10 @@ public class SvnCommandLineStatusClient implements SvnStatusClientI {
     if (includeIgnored) {
       command.addParameters("--no-ignore");
     }
-    if (! collectParentExternals) {
+    // no way in interface to ignore externals
+    /*if (! collectParentExternals) {
       command.addParameters("--ignore-externals");
-    }
+    }*/
 
     //--changelist (--cl) ARG
     changelistsToCommand(changeLists, command);