Re: unifying multiple files and their log messages

Nuutti Kotivuori <naked@iki.fi> writes:

> Doug Porter wrote:
> > It occurred to me the other day that it would be useful to be
> > able to unify multiple files and their log messages into a single
> > file with Subversion. I ran the idea by a colleague, and he
> > agreed so here is my thought...
>
> [...]
>
> > Thoughts, suggestions?
>
> Even though the command and semantics are a bit different - this is
> still a merge in my book. And merge should carry the possibility for
> displaying log messages from the merged source as well - like is
> planned.

I agree, this looks like a case of storing merge history. ClearCase
also stores merge history. It usually happens automatically when you
merge a file, but there are also commands to manually add and remove
merge history without merging the file contents. These commands just
manipulate the meta-data.

-- 
Philip Martin
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