Re: Viewing results of an automatic merged

On 03.04.2014 05:41, Heath Raftery wrote:
> Thought this would be a FAQ, but could find reference to it. Scenario
> is no branches, no conflicts, just a trunk and two users.
>
> User A modifies file F. User A commits file F. User B modifies file
> F. User B updates their working copy.
>
> Tortoise shows:
>
> Command Update Merged file F. Completed At revision: x
>
> No dramas, but User B being a conscientious person, wants to check if
> A's changes really don't clash with their own. Unfortunately, unlike
> a conflict, we can't view the "mine", "theirs", "base" and "merged"
> results. The best option from the right-click menu on the merged file
> is "Compare with working copy", which shows A and B's changes as if
> they were both made by the same person.
>
> What I'm looking for is a way to view something similar to the
> conflict resolution option, where I can see person A's changes, my
> own changes, and the merged result.
>
> FWIW, I use Beyond Compare to do conflict resolution.
>
> It seems a real pity that an automatic, conflict-free merge on update
> can potentially create bugs because it's not easy to see what the
> changes were.

If you don't want automatic merging, then you can disable it:
http://tortoisesvn.net/faq.html#noautomerge

Stefan

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