Tortoise Merge: tweaks to help and/or changes to context menu.

Using TortoiseSVN 1.2.4, Build 4479 - 32 Bit on Windows 2000.

A. Context menu problems
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I had to use Tortoise merge to resolve a conflict in a three-pane view. I
read the help file first (!). It talked about using right-click and then
selecting "Use text block from “mine” before “theirs”" etc.

Try as I might I couldn't find this option. All I could find was "Use this
text block".

After some time I realised that I needed to click in the bottom pane to
get the "mine before theirs" option.

So, two possibilities:

1. Clarify the location to click on. "As in two pane view, you can
right-click on conflicted lines /in the bottom pane/". Also mention the
options available when you right-click on either of the files in the top
area.

2. Change the options available in the context menu. It seems to me that
you could have "Use text block from “mine” before “theirs”" (and vice
versa) in the context menu for both top-level panes.

B. Save after merge?
====================

After using blocks from both sides, I then clicked on "Mark as resolved".
All good. The resolved file was automatically loaded into my editor (as it
had been open at the time, prior to merging). Looks good. But when I
closed Tortoise Merge I was asked:

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TortoiseMerge
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Do you want to save your changes?
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Yes No Cancel
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They were already saved...

C. Mark as resolved
===================

There is no mention in the help about what "Mark as resolved" does, and
the need to use it when you have finished merging.

D. Toolbar help oddities
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I note that "Mark as resolved" appears on the toolbar but isn't mentioned
in the help for the toolbar. Also, the help for the toolbar appears to use
buttons with text on them, rather than the images which actually appear in
the toolbar.

Under the "Save" button the help says "If you have selected Resolve
conflicted Subversion status on save in the settings dialog, " but I can't
see that option in the settings dialog.

E. Settings content broken?
===========================

Under Settings in the content tree there are two blank pages. Selecting
either of these just loads the Settings page. Was there a sub-heading
which was removed and the index wasn't rebuilt?

Hugh

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Received on Thu Oct 20 10:58:57 2005