2008/6/2 Miha Vitorovic <mvitorovic_at_nil.si>:
> Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_red-bean.com> wrote on 01.06.2008 05:33:27:
>
>> Miha Vitorovic <mvitorovic_at_nil.si> writes:
>> > Thank you Karl an Mark for the info. I'm not sure I will test the 1.5
> ->
>> > 1.4 transition, there just isn't enough time.
>> >
>> > But, I do have another question: We didn't have much need for
> branching
>> > and merging until recently, but now we have a project where it is the
>> > norm. We have created two "branches" of the trunk already (they are
> more
>> > of a beta and release branch, actually), so the they will remain
>> > "permanent", and the trunk will be continuously merged into them. So,
> my
>> > question is, will these two "branches" automagically receive merge
> info
>> > when I upgrade the server, or is there something special I need to do
>> > (maybe delete and recreate them?).
>>
>> Well, we'd need to know more details before saying for sure, but see
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html#mt-compatibility
>> (it may answer your question).
>>
>> Upgrading the server will *not* automatically go back and add the
>> svn:mergeinfo property to any old revisions. This has various
>> implications, most of which don't seem to be documented well enough in
>> the Release Notes :-). We'd like to improve that, and understanding
>> your scenario may help us do so...
>
> Karl,
>
> thanks for your answer, and no,
> http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html#mt-compatibility
> does not help me in any way.
>
> Anyhoo, our setup is as follows; we are maintaining a web application (php
> scripts, design), and I have set up three folders tied to three servers.
> Trunk (testing server), staging (pre-release testing server) and release
> (production server). All development is made on the trunk, and may as well
> break the server. Once the feature is ready, the entire trunk is merged
> into the staging. Then we perform some tests to see if it works as
> expected and does not break anything. If it seems OK, the entire staging
> folder is merged into release.
>
> So, I do not need the merge info for the past merges, but I'd be happy if
> I get it from the first merge after the server upgrade on. What I need is
> for a recipe that would give me that. I have a feeling that deleting the
> current staging and release folders and creating them again from the trunk
> will give me that, but I would like to get an answer from someone who
> knows what's going on under the hood.
You do not need to recreate branches. Merge tracking will immediately
know about the ancestry of a branch upon upgrading to 1.5. I think
what Karl was getting at is that merge tracking will not have any
knowledge of merges that were performed to those branches. You can
use the svn merge --record-only option to manually tell it about
merged revisions if you want to.
--
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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Received on 2008-06-02 14:29:58 CEST