Re: Feature request: Configurable merge tool @ tree level

On 15.07.2011 09:55, schellin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> tortoiseSVN supports external merge tools to be used at the file level
> now. However, AFAICS there is no way to kick off an external merge tool
> that takes care of the merge at the tree level.
>
> The use case for such a tool is tree conflicts: in case of significant
> refactoring, kicking off a stock merge will not work at all (it will
> just generate tons of tree conflicts). People have developed solutions
> for this issue (one example is truMerge), but there is no way to run
> such a merge tool from tortoiseSVN.
>
> Would it be possible to create a mechanism (e.g., a hook script or
> plugin) to support this?

Sorry, but no.
truMerge isn't a diff/merge tool as the others, because it actually
executes the merge itself (it runs an 'svn merge').
Supporting such tools just isn't possible in a generic way.

Stefan

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