On 16.08.2013 09:36, Sven Uhlig wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed serveral "inconveniences" when merging from a renamed directory using TortoiseSVN. Looking at past discussions the issues seem to exist for some while now. But as they are still there in the latest stable version (1.8.1) I decided to post here anyway.
>
> The situation is as follows:
> There are two directories (branches) in the repository. Both have the same original directory name but different revisions because one was a copy before a change, the second was a rename (copy/delete) after a change.
>
> When merging changes from the original directory or the renamed directory into the copied branch, these are the problems I noticed:
>
> 1. file not found when trying to merge from original directory (deleted)
> Work-Around: merge from new directory. But this causes the next problems.
>
> 2. Merged revisions from original directory are not highlighted as merged in the branch in the merge/log dialog.
>
> 3. There is no checkbox "hide non-mergeable revisions" in the merge/log dialog if there are only merges from the original directory but not of the renamed one.
>
> 4. active "stop on copy/rename", "show all", inactive "stop on copy/rename" does not show revisions from before the copy/rename in the log dialog.
>
> 5. active "hide non-mergeable revisions", "show all" does not hide the merged revisions.
>
> Attached to this message there is a repository, a working copy and a text file with detailed steps how to reproduce the problems.
I've created issue #538 for this:
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/issues/detail?id=538
I guess adding a way to specify the revision for which to show the log
from (instead of HEAD) solves the problem good enough.
Stefan
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Received on 2013-08-18 15:25:24 CEST