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RE: Merge Conflit Incoming Delete, Local Edit on Merge

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:51:21 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:28 PM
> To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Merge Conflit Incoming Delete, Local Edit on Merge
>
> On 17.09.2013 19:41, Bob Archer wrote:
> > I am doing a merge and the following condition occurs. Here are the
> > docs for this:
> >
> > 4.6.3.5. Local edit, incoming delete upon merge
> >
> > 1. Developer A working on trunk moves Foo.c to Bar.c and commits it to
> > the repository. 2. Developer B working on a branch modifies Foo.c and
> > commits it to the repository.
> >
> > There is an equivalent case for folder moves, but it is not yet
> > detected in Subversion 1.6 ...
> >
> > 1. Developer A working on trunk moves parent folder FooFolder to
> > BarFolder and commits it to the repository. 2. Developer B working on
> > a branch modifies Foo.c in her working copy. A merge of developer A's
> > trunk changes to developer B's branch working copy results in a tree
> > conflict: . Bar.c is marked as added. . Foo.c is marked as modified
> > with a tree conflict.
> >
> > Developer B now has to decide whether to go with developer A's
> > reorganisation and merge her changes into the corresponding file in
> > the new structure, or simply revert A's changes and keep the local
> > file.
> >
> > To merge her local changes with the reshuffle, Developer B must first
> > find out to what filename the conflicted file Foo.c was renamed/moved
> > in the repository. This can be done by using the log dialog for the
> > merge source. The conflict editor only shows the log for the working
> > copy as it does not know which path was used in the merge, so you will
> > have to find that yourself. The changes must then be merged by hand as
> > there is currently no way to automate or even simplify this process.
> > Once the changes have been ported across, the conflicted path is
> > redundant and can be deleted. In this case use the Remove button in
> > the conflict editor dialog to clean up and mark the conflict as
> > resolved.
> >
> > If Developer B decides that A's changes were wrong then she must
> > choose the Keep button in the conflict editor dialog. This marks the
> > conflicted file/folder as resolved, but Developer A's changes need to
> > be removed by hand. Again the log dialog for the merge source helps to
> > track down what was moved.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > The help seems to talk about a move rather than an edit not a delete.
> >
> > I am in the check for modifications dialog and the conflict is listed
> > with a status of normal, tree conflict. Ok fine. I know why this is a
> > conflict, because the incoming merge deletes this file that was
> > editing in the target path. The doc seems to imply that the edit
> > conflicts dialog will have a "remove" button. There is no such
> > button... There is only "Accept current working copy state (mark as
> > resolved)", "Resolve Later", "Show Log", "Show Branch Log".
> >
> > So, I'm not sure what action I need to take from the CFM dialog to
> > tell TSVN that the correct action is to delete the file which is what
> > the incoming merge was. If I select "Resolved"... it appears that the
> > local working copy file stays in place. This is what I have done, then
> > going back to the working copy and TSVN -> Deleting it? Is this
> > correct? It seems there should be an action I can take in the CFM or
> > Merge dialog to confirm the delete is the correct status?
>
> Yes, marking the conflict as resolved and then deleting it is the correct way to
> resolve this the way you intend.
>
> I'm investigating why the remove button does not show...
>
> Stefan

Thanks. It seems if I also chose "Delete..." in the CFM dialog it does the same thing. I figured it would still show as conflicted if I did that.

BOb

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