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Binary conflicts

From: Bolstridge, Andrew <andy.bolstridge_at_intergraph.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:21:15 +0100

Hi all.
        TortoiseSVN is a brilliant tool, I love it, but I've found one
niggle in the UI that I think could be improved.

        When updating a folder, if you get a conflict on a binary file,
TSVN basically says "whuu I dunno" and leaves you with a relatively
dissatisfied feeling that it hasn't helped you sort out the problem.
(this is especially noticeable if you replace the TortoiseMerge tool
with another one, like Winmerge, which simply prompts you for another
file to compare).

        In the past, I've noticed there is a dialog that helps you
resolve conflicts - it had 6 buttons the middle two of which were "use
mine" and "use theirs". Why doesn't the 'resolve conflict' option invoke
this dialog and give you an easy way to revert or keep which binary file
you want?

        I know the manual says

"If you have conflicts with binary files, Subversion does not attempt to
merge the files itself. The local file remains unchanged (exactly as you
last changed it) and you have filename.ext.r* files. If you want to
discard your changes and keep the repository version, just use the
Revert command. If you want to keep your version and overwrite the
repository version, use the Resolved command, then commit your version."

        That's fair enough, don't try to merge them (except it kind of
does as I see the Merge dialog pop up and then disappear). I think it
would be much better if the 'edit conflicts' allowed you to resolve the
conflict instead of you having to know not to manually deal with it in
the case of a binary file.

        BTW, the file in question that prompted this is a windows dll,
the svn mime-type property is application/octet-stream.

Thanks.

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