[Subclipse-users] Skipped files are omitted from summary

I find the file statistics Subclipse offers at the end of a merge
invaluable.

    Merge complete.
    ===== File Statistics: =====
    Conflicts: 2
    Added: 20
    Updated: 33

I just noticed that it doesn't mention skipped files though. Skipped
files can be the most insidious causes of problems in SVN prior to 1.5
(we are unfortunately stuck with 1.4 for now at my company).

A skipped file essentially means that a change made on the incoming
branch could not be merged because the file it applied to has been
deleted. (These should be considered conflicts in my book, but be that
as it may).

Anyway it would be great if subclipse at least pointed out that some
files had been skipped, so you could be alerted to go back through the
output and see what happened. Skipped files easily slip under the radar
because they aren't considered conflicts, it is quite easy to commit
your merge as if it had all gone perfectly. And code just goes missing.

Any chance of adding them to the file stats?

Cheers
Tom

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Received on 2009-08-07 14:35:34 CEST