On Dec 4, 2007 8:50 PM, Troy Curtis Jr <troycurtisjr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 9:40 AM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:
> > So ... what was the result of discussion regarding auto-selection of merge
> > source URLs?
> >
> > A subthread about supporting mixed directions of merge ranges in a single
> > invocation was launched, and I think it is trending towards disallowing
> > mixed merge directions.
> >
> > As for the primary discussion, though, I feel like nothing even approaching
> > consensus was reached. Some thought having different defaults merge sources
> > depending on range direction would work; others found that confusion. Some
> > thought we should use the copy source all the time; others disagreed. Some
> > even advocated losing support for unspecified merge sources altogether.
> > Some felt we could let users toggle their meaning with command-line options
> > (which are still easier to type than URLs).
> >
> > Here's an idea. 'svn merge' has already become more interactive thanks to
> > the conflict resolution stuff. Why not just present the user with a list of
> > merge source options when they don't specify a source?
> >
> > In the typical case, where mergeinfo is pretty simple, you might see:
> >
> > $ svn merge -c 45
> > Where would you like to merge from?
> > (t) the target: http://.../
> > (c) the copy source: http://.../
> > ?
> >
> > If the target has some mergeinfo already from some sources, you'd get:
> >
> > $ svn merge -c 45
> > Where would you like to merge from?
> > (t) the target: http://.../
> > (c) the copy source: http://.../
> > (1) previous merge source: http://.../
> > (2) previous merge source: http://.../
> > ?
> > [...]
> > And if --non-interactive is passed, we flatly disallow sourceless-merges.
>
>
> Great idea! And I know that my users would love that!
+1 here too. I really like this feature.
(If we don't have time to implement the feature in time for 1.5,
though, we should probably fall back and disallow sourceless-merges
entirely, so as to leave room for this feature being implemented in
the future.)
Cheers,
David
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Received on Wed Dec 5 18:03:14 2007