Re: Test merge fails, actual merge succeeds

Andrea wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had this situation (tortoise 1.6.3), connected to a server 1.5.X.
>
> I merge from branch 1 to branch 2 and I select rev 71 and from 87 to 89
> in the gui.
>
> Then I test the merge and some files in 87,88,89 fail to be merged.
> If I then run the actual merge everything works fine.
>
> Is it because changes 87-89 need 71 to apply properly? And Tortoise's
> Test Merge always tries to merge on the working copy.
> And then, when I do the actual merge 87 is applied on top of 71?

The test merge is just that: a test. It doesn't run the whole merge, so
the output is only guessed, not actually done. So while that guessing is
really good, it can't be 100% accurate since that can only be done by
actually executing the merge.

Stefan

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