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Re: 1.9.0 - Stop on copy/rename not working - bugreport or feature request

From: Stefan Hett <stefan_at_egosoft.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:41:40 +0200

On 9/14/2015 3:28 PM, Stefan Hett wrote:
> On 9/8/2015 2:18 PM, Stefan Hett wrote:
>> On 9/2/2015 4:36 PM, Stefan Hett wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>> Steps to reproduce:
>>>> 1. Right-click on a directory with a c/o of a branch -> TortoiseSVN
>>>> -> Merge -> Next
>>>> 2. in "URL to merge from" specify the URL the branch was created from
>>>> 3. Click on "Show log" (in the Revision range to merge section)
>>>> 4. In the log dialog ensure "Stop on copy/rename" is selected
>>>>
>>>> Actual result:
>>>> The log dialog also reports revisions before the branch was created.
>>>>
>>>> Expected result:
>>>> Only revisions after the branch was created are displayed.
>>>>
>>>> See the following screenshots.
>>>>
>>>> In this case I'm trying to merge changes from XRebirth/branches/XR
>>>> back into XRebirth/branches/XR_VS2015. As seen here, the XR_VS2015
>>>> branch was created from XRebirth/branches/XR at revision 198907:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> However the log dialog still shows revisions < 198907.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I think this was different in TSVN 1.8 (but might remember wrong).
>>>> If I do remember wrong, then see this report as a feature request,
>>>> because I'd find it highly useful to have means available to see
>>>> which revisions are implicitly already integrated in the
>>>> branch/cpy, and therefore do not need to be cherry-picked.
>>> Any word/idea on this one?
>>>
>> Sorry I'm replying here on the wrong leaf of the thread (forgot to
>> register to the mailing list).
>>
>> I just tried to enable the setting mentioned in the other thread
>> (LogFindCopyFrom) but it didn't make a difference to me. Already
>> merged revisions from the original branch are correctly grayed out,
>> but the log still displays the revisions before the branch was
>> created as mergable/non-grayed-out.
>>
>> This was tested using TSVN 1.9.1.
>> I also tried clearing the TSVN cache before doing the test (without
>> making any difference).
>> Am I doing something wrong here?
>>
>> Also I don't fully get ur statement about "[...] a new svn API was
>> available to get the merged rev info.[...]". Are u suggesting you are
>> making use of the new SVN API which would the make that old
>> LogFindCopyFrom setting obsolete and therefore it seems like there's
>> some bug in SVN with that API? Or are you suggesting that the new API
>> is available but there's nothing in TSVN's front end for the user to
>> set a newly available parameter for that SVN API (yet)? Or did I
>> simply overlook some new GUI setting?
> Sorry once again for replying on the wrong post (having trouble
> getting subscribed to the list).
>
> Thanks Stefan, that indeed explains the behavior to me and works
> exactly as you described it.
>
> However from a user's point of view I see three issues with that
> current behavior:
> 1. As suggested by Gavin already, I'd think that the list should also
> stop at the revision where the branch was created on, if "Hide
> non-mergeable revisions" is not checked and there should be a message
> saying "un-check Stop on Copy/Remove to see further revisions" (like
> it's already in the "normal case" in the log dialog - otherwise it
> just feels inconsistent/wrong IMHO
> If you like I can create a feature request for that in ur issue tracker.
>
> 2. I understand that the default of the "LogFindCopyFrom" is set to
> false. But IMO I guess that only a small user group finds out about
> that setting and uses it, while having that one enabled is IMO a big
> advantage over the current default behavior and improves the merge
> functionality of TSVN a lot when working with branches...
> I can't determine whether it would be feasible to switch the default
> of that setting and rather let people decide to disable it, if they
> run into performance issues (I didn't experience any on my end, but
> then I'm only a single person and that doesn't say much about the
> general performance impact). It's just that I honestly think that you
> are giving away quite a lot of gain of TSVN, if u keep the default to
> false.
> Maybe a compromise would be to put that setting into the log-dialog so
> it's at least not hidden that deeply in TSVN's advanced settings?
>
> 3. With the current default behavior it can be experienced as a bug
> when LogFindCopyFrom is set to false and the log dialog is shown using
> "hide non-mergable revision", because in that case, you just see all
> revisions in their normal font (without any hint which revisions are
> pre-branch-revisions). So you easily can end-up merging ranges which
> are pre-branch-revisions. From my side as a user, this just looks like
> some bug (no offence meant here :) ).
>
>
> Hope some of that feedback helps with determining whether something
> needs to be changed/done for TSVN.
> Said that, thanks for all ur hard work on TSVN. It really is a great
> tool without which we would not be able to use SVN here in our company.

Wow that was a quick one. :-)
I just tested the latest nightly and it works like a charm. Thanks alot.

@Gavin - With regards to ur question whether it will also display the
pre-branch revision as grayed-out when "hide non-mergable revisions" and
"stop on copy" are unchecked, the answer would be: No, not with the
current nightly build.

-- 
Regards,
Stefan Hett
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