RE: [TSVN] what happened to the default merge From URL

Thanks. That's better than what I was doing but still it was better before
1.2 when it put the URL there without a click - click - copy - paste. :)
Bill

Simon Large wrote:
> Bill Wrenn wrote:
>>> bwrenn wrote:
>>>> Just recently upgraded from 1.1.5 to 1.2.0 and notice that the
>>>> default From: URL of merge is no longer the URL of the object
>>>> selected. It seems to be the last url used instead. Is this a bug
>>>> or am I missing something?
>>>
>> Simon Large wrote:
>>> Normally you are merging from branch to trunk or vice versa. Merging
>>> from trunk to trunk is rarely necessary, so making that the default
>>> URL doesn't make much sense.
>>>
>>> The one common case of merging from trunk to trunk is when you want
>>> to revert an earlier change. You can do that much more easily from
>>> the log dialog, and in 1.2.0 you can revert multiple (consecutive)
>>> revisions.
>>
>> I agree, I never merge from trunk to trunk. But having the current
>> URL up gives me something to edit instead of typing it in from
>> scratch. We have over 25,000 files and hundreds of subdirectories
>> and it's difficult to find a past one even if it were there.
>>
>> From: C:\branches\v6.1.1\Java\src\com\appworx\agent\outputscan\
>> To: C:\trunk\Java\src\com\appworx\agent\outputscan
>
> Many people are only working on one branch at a time, so they normally
> want to merge changes from the same place many times. The combo box
> retains tha last 20 URLs used in that repository, which is enough for
> most people.

> However, if you really want the URL of your working copy, it is shown at
> the bottom of the merge dialog and you can copy and paste it into the
> 'From:' URL if that helps.
>
> Simon

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