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Re: resolve conflict dialog is confusing

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:52:14 -0400

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 16:47, spongman <piersh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 1:31 pm, Stefan Küng <tortoise..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > might it be possible to show, in the dialog, the path/URL/version of
>> > both the 'local' and 'repository' entries that conflicted? that
>> > would certainly go a long way to clarify which term refers to which
>> > entry.
>>
>> You've complained that the dialog is confusing. And that you're confused
>> about the difference between 'repository' and 'working copy'.
>> Those two terms are maybe the most important terms when you're using any
>> version control system. I'm sorry, but if you don't understand what a
>> repository and a working copy is and how they're connected, then I don't
>> see how we could make that dialog any easier to understand.
>
> I understand what those terms mean. However, when you're doing a merge
> there are two repositories involved (the repository you're merging,
> and the repository associated with the working copy),

Subversion does not support merging between two repositories, so
either your understanding or your terminology *is* wrong somewhere
along the way here.

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