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Re: [TSVN] Question about issue 35

From: SteveKing <steveking_at_gmx.ch>
Date: 2005-03-27 09:43:35 CEST

Molle Bestefich wrote:
> [...]
>
>>So that's the only thing which needs changing now.
>
>
> Cool! I'll install tomorrow when the nightly is up.
>
>
>>You could compare with HEAD, compare with BASE or ask for a specific
>>revision and compare with that revision then.
>
>
> Please excuse my ignorance.
> I could compare _what_ with HEAD or BASE or Rxx ?
> Isn't it always the WC? Isn't "with working copy" totally superfluous?
> Shouldn't it just say "Compare" just as it just says "Edit conflict",
> and then mention in the manual that it's the WC and the requested
> revision that's being compared, or?

You compare the file with the revision as it was *before* the update
(fetched from the repository) with the file in your working copy as it
is after the update.

>>So I think it really should stay "compare with working copy".
>
> Ok. If I assume that it means "compare requested revision with
> working copy", then I'm correct, right?

correct.

Stefan

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