Re: Merge tracking and Blame

On 9/20/07, Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > It already works, as long as the server knows about merge tracking. If
> > the server doesn't know merge tracking yet (< 1.5 versions), the blame
> > works as before.
> > There's also a new menu entry in TortoiseBlame...
>
> What I'm getting at is that the CLI gives you an option (-g) for
> displaying the original author, but you can choose to display the
> merge author (old default behaviour). Also, the CLI indicates the

Why would you want to ever see the author who merged certain lines in
a blame? There's no reason to add an option for this in TSVN (btw:
subclipse has it enabled all the time too).

> merged lines with a G when displaying original authors. Merged paths
> also shows where the merged lines are if you read carefully, but it
> takes a lot of space. Maybe put the line number in italics for merged
> lines, or change the background colour for the line number or
> something as a simple merge indicator?

As I said, there's a new menu entry in TortoiseBlame. Check it out and
you'll see.

Stefan

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