> From: Thomas Kopp [mailto:tkopp_at_vertere.com]
> Sent: Friday, 3 April 2015 3:35 AM
>
> > On 31.03.2015 17:53, Thomas Kopp wrote:
> > > Hi all;
> > >
> > > Please bear with me, I don't know TortoiseSVN in depth...
> > >
> > > In our repository we have (among others) a Codebase branch and a
> > > Next Release branch. The Codebase branch is the production copy of
> > > the code. The Next Release branch is a copy of the Codebase branch
> > > with branches for the next version release merged into it. When we
> > > are ready to release the next version of our code, I checkout
> > > Codebase to my machine, merge Next Release into it, then commit
> Codebase.
> > >
> > > On our web server, we have a Working Local Copy directory that we
> > > use to build the code. It was set to the Next Release repository
> > > branch so we could build and deploy the Next Release to test.
> > > Yesterday I merged Next Release into Codebase. A Check for
> > > Modifications listed the expected files. I then committed the changes
to
> Codebase.
> > >
> > > When switching the web server Working Local Copy from Next Release
> > > to Codebase, the file content should be the same. However, the
> > > switch gives a list of files that were updated, that list being the
> > > same files that were changed in the commit to Codebase. Switching
> > > back to Next Release again lists those files as updated.
> > >
> > > However, I checked out fresh copies of both to my local machine and
> > > did a WinMerge compare, and the file content for both directories
> > > matches.
> > >
> > > In the log, the Next Release branch is at revision 6752 and the
> > > Codebase branch is at revision 6756. But when switching a directory
> > > between those branches, the final message is "Completed At revision:
> > > 6756", even when switching from Codebase to Next Release.
> > >
> > > When did the merge and committed the changes to Codebase yesterday,
> > > I was running TortoiseSVN (client) 1.8.8, and the server was running
> > > 1.7-something. Today we updated both to 1.8.11.
> > >
> > > I've seen instances of TortoiseSVN picking up a property change and
> > > calling a file changed when the content is the same. Is that the
> > > kind of thing that's happening here? Why is it "updating" these
> > > files when the content is the same? Is it because they're from
> > > different revisions? And why am I getting the message "Completed At
> > > revision: 6756" when switching from a branch at revision 6756 to a
> > > branch at revision 6752?
> > >
> > > I'm being asked why files are being shown as updated on a Switch
> > > when the files match, and right now I don't have an answer... Thanks
> > > for any help...
> >
> > Did you do the switch with TSVN or the command line client?
> > My guess is that the files were not updated but their properties
> > changed. And since you switched from a branch were you merged stuff to
> > a branch were you haven't merged or merged other stuff to, the
> > svn:mergeinfo property is different. And that's what's shown during
> > the
> > update: not the file *content* changes but the file *properties*.
> >
> > Stefan
>
> Hi Stefan;
>
> Thanks for replying. I did the switch with the TortoiseSVN context menu
(I'm
> on Windows) -- right-click, TortoiseSVN-->Switch.
>
> Yeh, I was thinking it was a properties thing. This has happened a couple
> other times, where I do a merge and commit then on the production
> machine they do a switch between two branches that have the same file
> content but still get a message that a file was updated. Then they get
> nervous and start asking me questions... I don't know much about the
> properties other than that they can change and the file content remain the
> same. Going to google "svn:merginfo" now... Thanks!
Hi Thomas,
We had similar issues with properties - especially mergeinfo(?). They
seemed to be due to committing at sub folders, instead of the root folder.
Once we established a policy of only committing at the root folder, the
issues went away.
Hope that helps,
Tony
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