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Re: 1.7.x - merge now accesses all files in WC?

From: Daniel Becroft <djcbecroft_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:06:40 +1000

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Hyrum K. Wright <
hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Daniel Becroft <djcbecroft_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Philip Martin <
> philip.martin_at_wandisco.com>wrote:
> ...
> >> > I can't see any reason why all these files would need to be accessed.
> I
> >> seem
> >> > to recall some discussion about preventing/warning merging into
> modified
> >> > working copies, could this be the cause?
> >>
> >> The new check is for a single revision working copy, not an unmodified
> >> one.
> >>
> >
> > Ah, that makes more sense, I guess. Checking for an unmodified WC would
> mean
> > that the ability to run consecutive 'svn merge -c' commands would be
> > removed.
>
> You can run 'svn merge -c17,85,90,123' if you need to merge multiple
> revs in the same operation.
>

Very true, but I've had some instances where it's easier to do one merge -c
(postponing conflicts), resolve, and then do the next one. Not all the time,
but occasionally.

Cheers,
Daniel B.
Received on 2010-12-02 23:07:36 CET

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