On Dec 20, 2004, at 5:30 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> some inconsistency between docs on "svn merge". from "svn help
> merge":
>
> $ svn help merge
> merge: Apply the differences between two sources to a working copy
> path.
> usage: 1. merge sourceURL1[@N] sourceURL2[@M] [WCPATH]
> 2. merge sourceWCPATH1@N sourceWCPATH2@M [WCPATH]
> 3. merge -r N:M SOURCE[@REV] [WCPATH]
>
> this suggests that i can't merge when one of my sources is a source
> URL, and the other is a WC source path. is that true?
>
> meanwhile, the book complete reference page reads:
>
> "Synopsis
>
> svn merge sourceURL1[@N] sourceURL2[@M] [WCPATH]
> svn merge -r N:M SOURCE [PATH]"
>
> which doesn't seem as restrictive. or is it? bit of a disagreement
> here.
>
The book is out-of-date. It's displaying syntax from an older version
of svn. But: that restriction has always existed, I believe. The new
'svn help merge' is just more explicit about describing it.
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Received on Mon Dec 20 15:23:48 2004