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Re: merge-tracking -- getting my feet wet

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2007-05-10 22:26:59 CEST

On 5/10/07, John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com> wrote:
> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> > Ah, that explains my confusion. These aren't endpoints being compared
> > with each other, as in typical 'svn merge' or 'svn diff' invocations.
> > You're saying that an svn_merge_range_t is just a *list* of revisions
> > to merge?
>
> And if _you_ are confused, think about the random user who has no idea
> what is going on internally. This is inconsistent with every other
> merge-like operation, so I think this may call for a redesign (at least
> of the user interface). Is it sufficient to say display (r-1):r (where
> svn_merge_range_t contains just r)?

I'm already ahead of you. :-) I just changed the UI to display this instead:

--- Merging revision 4 to 'trunk-wc':
U trunk-wc/zcpu.py
--- Merging revisions 6-7 to 'trunk-wc':
U trunk-wc/zstring.py

In other words, we're claiming to merge 'lists of revisions', rather
than showing our -rX:Y comparison syntax. I think that will prevent
the confusion.

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