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Re: [BIKESHED] Merge notification verb choices

From: Blair Zajac <blair_at_orcaware.com>
Date: 2007-09-15 00:39:38 CEST

C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> In IRC, Dan explained to me that when designing the merge notifications,
> especially for single-revision merge ranges, we needed a way to distinguish
> between "merge -c M" and "merge -c -M". We use "merging" to describe most
> merges, but for the reverse merge case, we decided to go with "undoing", as in:
>
> Undoing r45
>
> I take issue with this verb because to "undo" implies that something must
> have first been done, and frankly our client code doesn't actually have
> sufficient awareness to make that claim. I can run 'svn merge -c REV' on
> any arbitrary source and revision and apply that to any arbitrary location,
> and while it may conflict like crazy, the operation will still be attempted.
> Does this mean I "undid" that change? Not hardly.
>
> Mark suggested "removing", but it has the same shortcomings. As does
> "Un-merging", or any number of verbs which claim to be inverting the results
> of some presumedly previously performed action.
>
> I suggest that we conservatively call a reverse-merge what it is:
>
> Reverse-merging r45

+1 on reverse-merging.

Undo'ing could imply to somebody that the revision is removed from the
repository, which of course, it isn't. So reverse-merge is the best choice.

Blair

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