[Subclipse-users] Another general subclipse question

The replies I got for my other question were awesome. It was a question about
how to disable certain functions in the repository view. Editing the
plugin.xml was really cool.

This question is more fundamental and perhaps more obvious to most. I am
trying to get a good understanding of the merge process using subclipse.
Perhaps coming from the cvs world is making this more difficult for me.

I have been experimenting with a project I have in the trunk. I created a
branch for this project and wanted to be sure I understood how to do
periodic merges from the branch to the head ( I know the same would apply
for going the other way)

My confusion lies in the way in which to pick the range of revisions to do
the merge. If I pick them incorrectly the merge doesn't do anything, then
when I pick the right ones the merge goes great.

For example. Lets say that I am merging from the branch into the head. And
let's say that edits have occured in both the head and the branch since the
last time I merged.

I checkout a working copy of the head (a new working copy). The first
problem I have is understanding what url to use for the start revision. Do I
use the head or the branch. Then do I switch URL's to get the next revision?
The highest revision number may be in the head or the branch depending upon
where the last edit happened.

I know I am missing a fundamental concept (not the first time!) here. I
know that once I "get it" merging would probably be real easy to do.

I read about this in the subversion book but I am still confused. I do
understand that revision numbers are global and they just keep bumping up no
matter where you are... whether in a brach, the head or as part of a tag.

Thanks in advance for your insights...

Ed

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