Re: Problems with merging against 1.4.x repository

Kari Grano wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Due to unrelated issues, I haven't had the time to really try out your
> suggestions. However, it seems that there is some difference in
> functionality between the command-line client and TSVN.
>
> - I've verified that our SVN server is using neon
>
> - I've installed te rc9 command-line client and performed the command "svn
> merge -r10142:10451 --accept postpone URL"
> This command took about one minute to complete, and it ran without errors. I
> did it twice (reverting in between, of course) and got the same result.
>
> - I installed the TSVN-RC3 (32 bit) but had trouble integrating it into
> 64-bit explorer. So I gave the command
>
> c:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseSVN\bin\tortoiseproc /command:merge
> /path:\path\to\wc
>
> and selected the first merging option, range 10142-10451 (otherwise default
> options) and clicked "merge". This operation was noticeably slower than the
> command-line version. When the first conflict popped up, I selected
> "postpone all" (or something like that). After 10 minutes of merging, the
> command failed with
>
> Merging r10250 through r10253: d:\va88
> [...]
> Error: In directory 'd:\va88\uit\libs'
> Error: Error processing command 'append' in 'd:\va88\uit\libs'
> Error: Missing 'dest' attribute in 'd:\va88\uit\libs'
> Error: Error reading spooled REPORT request response
>
> However, it did not crash :-(. I did not have time for further testing, but
> it would seem that the command-line client is doing something else than
> TSVN. Or maybe my command-line does not equal the TSVN merge command?

I just found that we use r0 as the peg revision for the merge.
Can you try the next nightly build (>= r13255) with that merge?

I've also tried some different merges, both with TSVN and the RC9 build
of the command line client (from open.collab.net). I couldn't see any
speed differences.

Stefan

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