subversion get latest without updating svn:externals

svn is slow as it is ( leaving the rant out) the last thing I think is necesary is to do a request ofr externals is you got latest 5 min ago
any way to get latest without/skipping externals Cheers

What does svn externals do?

What are externals definitions? Externals definitions map a local directory to the URL of a versioned resource. The svn:externals property can be set on any versioned directory and its value is a multi-line table of subdirectories and absolute repository URLs.

What is svn update?

The svn update command lets you refresh your locally checked out repository with any changes in the repository HEAD on the server. It also tells you what has been changed, added, deleted. If a change has been made to a file you have also changed locally, svn will try to merge those changes.

svn up --ignore-externals

Skips externals, works on the checkout too.