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Re: Unrelated directory touched in 1.5.x branch after merge

From: Paul Burba <ptburba_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:59:03 -0400

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Jens Seidel <jensseidel_at_users.sf.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I analysed recent changes in 1.5.x and found:
>
> $ LANG=C svn diff -r 31489:31490 subversion/bindings/swig
>
> Property changes on: subversion/bindings/swig
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Modified: svn:mergeinfo
> Merged /trunk/subversion/bindings/swig:r31489
>
> I merged a few PO file updates using
> svn merge -r 31488:31489 http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk
> in r31490 with svn compiled from this branch (May 26 2008, revision
> number is no longer contained in the --version output).
>
> I never touched subversion/bindings/swig. Where does this come from?
> A bug?
>
> Jens

Hi Jens,

It's not a bug*. 1.5.x/subversion/bindings/swig had explicit
mergeinfo prior to your merge to 1.5.x. Subtrees of a merge target
which have explicit mergeinfo always get their mergeinfo updated, even
if the merge doesn't affect them directly.

*Now saying it isn't a bug doesn't mean there isn't debate about it --
see http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=dev&msgNo=136570
for some background. That thread is specifically about no-op merges
changing mergeinfo on the merge target, but the basic argument holds
too for subtrees.

Paul

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