> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markphip_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: donderdag 9 april 2009 16:56
> To: Paul Burba
> Cc: dev_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: RFC: Make default depth of merge infinity
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Paul Burba <ptburba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Currently (trunk_at_37129) the default depth of a merge is the depth of
> > the merge target. If the target has children that are at a deeper
> > depth then those children are not merged to.
> >
> > For example, say we have this merge target:
> >
> > branch/ (depth == immediates)
> > branch/notes/ (depth == empty)
> > branch/src/ (depth == infinity)
> > branch/README.TXT (depth N/A)
> >
> > If we merge with no depth option specified the merge will not merge
> > any applicable changes into branch/src/*.
> >
> > Several people find this a bit counter-intuitive, and I agree:
> >
> > http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2009-03/0701.shtml
> >
> > This can be worked around by passing --depth=infinity to the merge
> > subcommand, but I doubt many users will realize this.
> >
> > Also, this is inconsistent with how update works. In the above
> > example if we update branch with no --depth or --set-depth option then
> > branch/src/* would get any available updates.
> >
> > I'd like to change merge's default depth to infinity. Any objections
> > or thoughts?
>
> +1
+1. Please, make it explicit if you don't want to use a recursive merge.
Bert
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