Re: Automatic tree conflicts resolution during svn update

On 06/12/2013 12:28 AM, Julian Foad wrote:
>>> > FYI, this is what the new output looks like:
>>> >
>>> > $ svn up -r3
>>> > Updating '.':
>>> > C alpha
>>> > At revision 3.
>>> > Summary of conflicts:
>>> > Tree conflicts: 1
>>> > Tree conflict on 'alpha'
>>> > > local file moved away, incoming file edit upon update
>>> > Select: (mc) apply edit (recommended), (r) discard edit (breaks move),
>>>
>>> Why does discarding the incoming edit break the (local) move?

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>> The copy/add part would be of a different revision than the delete part of
>> the move if you don't apply the move.
>
> That doesn't make any sense to me as a user. "Discard edit" sounds like
> it means "act as if the incoming edit was a no-op"... and I would not expect a
> no-op to break the local move.

I'm gotta say, I'm wondering about this, too.

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