On 4/13/07, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:28, Jacob wrote:
>
> > I created a branch from a tagged revision in my trunk. So now I have:
> >
> > /trunk/Project/
> >
> > and
> >
> > /branches/Project-Rev555
> >
> > I modified the branch with a simple change, and want to merge that
> > branch into the trunk.
> >
> >
> >
> > Using Tortoise, I do:
> >
> > From: /trunk/Project HEAD
> >
> > To: /branches/Project-Rev555 HEAD
>
> [snip]
>
> You are misunderstanding how merge works. Merge is nothing more than
> diff and patch. There are three locations that need to be specified:
> the two locations between which to diff, and the location to which to
> apply the resulting patch. In your case, since you want to merge all
> of the branch into the trunk, your three locations are:
>
> revision 555 of branches/Project-Rev555
> revision (whatever HEAD is) of branches/Project-Rev555
> a working copy of trunk/Project
In TSVN, you'll want to right-click on the trunk working copy
directory, then use branches/Project-rev555, revision 555 as the
"from" and branches/Project-rev555 HEAD as the "to". TSVN will then
set the trunk WC as the destination.
> So the command is:
>
> svn merge -r555:<whatever HEAD is> $URL/branches/Project-Rev555 /path/
> to/workingcopy/of/trunk/Project
>
> Then you test the working copy to make sure the change works, then
> you commit it. In your commit message, be sure to note that you have
> merged from revision 555 to whatever HEAD is of the Project-Rev555
> branch into the trunk.
>
>
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Received on Fri Apr 13 23:02:08 2007