       (insert
        (format "%d Unmodified file(s) are hidden - press `_' to toggle hiding\n"
                unmodified-count)))
+    (when svn-status-hide-externals
+      (insert
+       (format "%d Externals file(s) are hidden - press `z' to toggle hiding\n"
+               externals-count)))
     (when (> custom-hide-count 0)
       (insert
        (format "%d file(s) are hidden via the svn-status-custom-hide-function\n"

  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "V") 'svn-status-svnversion)
  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "?") 'svn-status-toggle-hide-unknown)
  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "_") 'svn-status-toggle-hide-unmodified)
  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "a") 'svn-status-add-file)
  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "A") 'svn-status-add-file-recursively)
  (define-key svn-status-mode-map (kbd "+") 'svn-status-make-directory)

(defun svn-status-toggle-hide-unmodified ()
  (interactive)
  (setq svn-status-hide-unmodified (not svn-status-hide-unmodified))
  (svn-status-update-buffer))

(defun svn-status-toggle-hide-externals ()
  (interactive)
  (setq svn-status-hide-externals (not svn-status-hide-externals))
  (svn-status-update-buffer))

(defun svn-status-get-file-name-buffer-position (name)
