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BUG - "Merge all..." fails where command line svn merge works as expected

From: Jeffery R. Price <jefferyrprice_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:53:28 -0400

Stefan wrote:
> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:15:38 +0200
> From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
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> Subject: BUG - "Merge all..." fails where command line svn merge
> works as expected
>
> Jeffery R. Price wrote:
> > I would like to merge all changes from the trunk into my branch
> working
> > copy using the "Merge all..." feature of 1.5.
> >
> > In the top-level of the working copy I shift-right-click and select
> > "TortoiseSVN -> Merge all..." I accept the default options (Merge
> depth
> > = Working copy and only Compare whitespaces selected). I then
> press the
> > Merge button. The result is nothing:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Command Getting required information...
> > Command Merging http://myserver/svn/mytrunk into c:\src\mybranch,
> > respecting ancestry.
> > Finished!
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > What I expect to happen is what actually happens if I use the
> command line:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > C:\src\mybranch>svn merge http://myserver/svn/mytrunk
>
> That command is not the same as "merge all": you've specified an URL.
> To do the same with TSVN, use the merge dialog, revision range. Then
> enter the URL and leave the revisions-to-merge box empty.
>
> The 'merge all' in TSVN actually does an
> svn merge --reintegrate
>
> Stefan
>
> --

Thanks for the tip, I appreciate the help!

Considering what you said, I would have to say the documentation for
TortoiseSVN 1.5.0 is definitely misleading (outright mistaken?) about
this feature. In Section 5.19.8. Merge All Changes (pp. 98-99) the
guide states:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you want to merge all changes from trunk to the branch you are
currently working on, then you can use the TortoiseSVN → Merge all...
from the extended context menu (hold down the Shift key while you
right click on the file). ...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Considering I actually did want to "merge all changes from trunk to
the branch" I was currently working on, that sounded like the ideal
feature. :-) Furthermore, the TSVN results window indicated that the
command was indeed merging from my trunk URL into my working copy. If
I understand you correctly, the TSVN Merge all command actually does
the exact opposite, though, and merges (reintegrates) all changes from
the branch back into the trunk.

Regards,
Jeff
Received on 2008-07-10 14:59:00 CEST

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