Re: SVN 1.5 - svn merge --reintegrate

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Karl Heinz Marbaise <khmarbaise_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> i have read the book and checked different sources of information...but
> it seemed to me that i missed something....
>
> or to say it different...i don't understand the need of --reintegrate
> during a merge?
>
> Ok. a simple situation like this:
>
> create a branch (B_TEST) from trunk, modified the branch and do a merge
> back to trunk.
>
> For this i would use in a trunk-wc
>
> svn merge URL/branches/B_TEST
>
> so would be there a difference if i used
> svn merge --reintegraed URL/branches/B_TEST instead ?
>
>
> Does it change the situation if i would change the branch after i merged
> it back to the trunk?
>
> Or: When do i really need the --reintegrate option of svn merge command?
>
> Can someone give me a hint where i find an explanation?

--reintegrate starts to show its worth when you'd merged from the
trunk to the branch one or more times before merging back. Give it a
shot and let me know if it makes sense.

--dave

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David Glasser | glasser@davidglasser.net | http://www.davidglasser.net/
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