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Re: [Subclipse-users] "Edit conflicts" label is confusing

From: Mark Phippard <markp_at_softlanding.com>
Date: 2006-07-18 02:21:41 CEST

Daniel Serodio <daniel.listas@xxx.com.br> wrote on 07/17/2006 05:21:43 PM:

> One of our Jr. developers was confused by "Edit conflicts" function,
> because the Compare Editor that is open when this function is selected
> shows not only the actual conflicts, but all of the file's
modifications.
>
> The documentation for the "Edit conflicts" function says "The Eclipse
> platform provides a Compare Editor that allows you to review the imbound
> (sic) and outbound changes in a resource in addition to the lines that
> are in conflict. It also provides features that allow you to selectively
> merge the differences between the file variants. "
>
> If this is the case, shouldn't this function be labelled "Merge file",
> "Merge differences" or something similar?

No, the current text is correct. Edit Conflicts option is only applicable
when you have merged/updated a file and Subversion has produced conflicts
(the .mine, .left, .right files). Edit Conflicts allows you to manually
fix the file conflicts. This is the most accurate description, and the
same one used by TortoiseSVN. The problem is that if you use terms like
"merge" or "resolve" it is going to confuse things with those subcommands.

Mark

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