Re: Merge problem with project file.

Chris Convents wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> During a merge activity we encountered some problems merging our project
> file (CEPAP.vpj) from branch br_gv_02 to the Trunk.

What was the problem?

> After some investigations we think we found the reason. If you look at
> the revision graph included you see the first Trunk rev. of the file
> being created at revision 113 based on branch revision 111.
>
> We were trying to merge revision 112 to the trunk, but this would not
> work. I think it fails because the trunk was created from rev.111. We
> don’t understand how you can actually create the situation as shown in
> the revision graph.
>
> Why isn’t the trunk revision at 112 i.s.o. 113? Looks like the trunk
> revision got created from an older revision (111) then the HEAD revision
> at that moment.

That's not uncommon: you can create a tag/branch from r1 if you like. If
you look at the branch/tag dialog, you see that you can specify the
revision from where the branch/tag should be created.

Also, the branch/tag dialog defaults to the revision your working copy
is on. If you haven't updated before opening that dialog, then you will
create the branch/tag from an earlier revision than HEAD (if you don't
check the HEAD radio button). That's to avoid tagging something you
don't want (you don't want to tag a change you have not in your working
copy and already tested).

Stefan

P.S. there's no need to create a screenshot: the revision graph window
has a file->save menu where you can save the graph as an image file
(defaults to *.wmf, but you can specify .jpg, .gif, .png, ...)

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