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Re: "Apply Patch" doesn't seem to do anything

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 19:54:35 +0200

On 15.05.2013 19:14, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Here it is visually in case my description isn't clear:
>>>
>>> trunk_checkout
>>> ↳subdir_1
>>> |↳file_1
>>> |↳sub_sub_dir
>>> | ↳file_2
>>> ↳subdir_2
>>>
>>> Files file_1 and file_2 are modified. If I right-click on trunk_checkout
>>> or subdir_1 and choose "check for modifications", then select and
>>> right-click on the modified files within this dialog to create the patch,
>>> I get a patchfile with file paths "file_1" and "sub_sub_dir/file_2". This
>>> patch only applies with the command-line tool.
>>
>> Tried this, and I can apply such a patch with TMerge without any
>> problems. Even though the patchfile only contains the paths "file_1" and
>> "subsubdir/file_2".
>>
>>> If I instead right-click on trunk_checkout and choose "Create Patch"
>>> rather than "check for modifications", the paths in the patch file are
>>> "subdir_1/file1" and "subdir_1/sub_sub_dir/file_2" and the patch can apply
>>> successfully with TortoiseSVN.
>>
>> I've used a test working copy for this, using names "subdir1",
>> "subdir2", "subsubdir1", "file1" and "file2".
>>
>> If you're sure that TMerge finds the correct path (hover the mouse
>> pointer over the files in the patch file list in TMerge to see the full
>> path), then maybe your paths have special chars in them? Or something
>> else is different?
>>
>
> TMerge didn't have any file list, it came up empty.
>
> Rather than figuring out what's missing from my repository
> description, I created a simple test repository.
>
> Examine the attached file then rename it to a .bat extension. Running
> it will set up a repository and working copy which demonstrates the
> problem.
>
> After the script runs you should have an explorer window in the br1
> branch. Do "check for modifications" and create a patch from both
> files.
>
> On applying this patch in the "br2" branch, the TMerge window comes up
> blank, with no file list.
>
> Go back to the br1 branch, and this time do "create patch" from the
> top-level TSVN menu. Copy this patch to the "br2" branch and apply.
> File list is populated and I can "patch all items" to apply the patch
> with no problems.

Tried this with a nightly build from trunk (soon to be 1.8) and it works
fine there. Haven't tested with 1.7.x though, but 1.8 will be out soon
(1.8 RC2 for svn is currently awaiting the final signatures).

Stefan

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