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Re: [TSVN] Re: Merging from branches to WC

From: crine <crine_at_4dconcept.fr>
Date: 2005-01-19 14:03:44 CET

Thanks for the answers,

I'm going back to the documentation.
I still don't understand quite well the "revision" thing.

One more question.
May I merge 2 branches ?

Lionel

Simon Large wrote:

>crine wrote:
>
>
>>I have some trouble to merge my branche to the WC (moving my
>>modifications from my branch to the trunk).
>>
>>here is some explanation :
>>My trunk has evolved after I created my branch. I have created some
>>new directories which don't exist in the branch I'm trying to merge.
>>
>>So each time I try to merge, Tortoise wants to delete the new
>>directories in the trunk. The "switch" command do the same thing.
>>
>>
>
>You haven't explained what you are doing, but I can guess that it is the
>same mistake that many other people have made. We have now improved the
>docs to explain it better. You can see the updated version in the
>nightly build (1.1.3 beta) or wait until Friday for the official 1.1.3
>release.
>
>It sounds like you need to merge a range of revisions in your branch
>back into the trunk.
>
>Make sure your WC is for the trunk, not the branch (Switch to trunk).
>
>Open the merge dialog.
>Select the branch URL as the "From URL"
>Select the revision just _before_ your changes start.
>Make sure the "Use From: URL" checkbox is checked.
>Select the last revision in the branch that you want to merge.
>Go!
>
>The From/To pair is being used to select the range of revisions that are
>being merged. They do _not_ represent the source and destination of the
>merge. The destination is always your WC.
>
>Simon
>
>
>

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