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Re: How to read 3-way differences in TortoiseMerge?

From: Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:34:01 -0500

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert Dailey wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I do an SVN Update, I notice a few items that are "Merged" (green). I
>> right click these and go to "Compare with Working Copy" because I'm
>> interested in seeing *what was merged into what I already have*. However, I
>> end up getting horribly confused because it's not showing me anything
>> useful. I have no idea how to read the differences. What is it comparing
>> against?
>>
>
> It shows you on the top left the file from the repository, compared against
> BASE. On the right, you see your file (with your local modifications)
> compared against BASE.
> And on the bottom, you see the merged result, compared against BASE.

What version from the repository is being compared against base in the
top-left window? I noticed changes in there that were from a few revisions
back from what I actually got during this particular update. What two files
are being merged in the bottom pane?
Received on 2008-07-23 21:34:13 CEST

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