You would need to use a wrapper for svn update that would check for a
conflict. Then do the proper scripting on that conflict.
SVN provides no hook mechanism to do this automatically.
On 9/11/07, Miller, Eric <Eric.Miller@amd.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Sickler [mailto:crazyfordynamite@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:17 PM
>
> > On 9/11/07, Miller, Eric <Eric.Miller@amd.com> wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if there is a way to specify a merge script for
> binary
> > > files? The --diff3-cmd switch only seems to work on text files.
>
> > You cant merge binary files. You must pick either 1. yours, 2. the
> > one from the repo, or 3. halt, rewrite your binary, then recommit.
>
> You mean "can't" as in "Subversion has no way to let you" or "can't" as
> in "binary files are intrinsically unmergable"?
>
> Cuz I have some binary files I can, and would like to, merge.
>
> Ex:
> Say (for whatever reason) I must maintain binary files.
> Lets just say that some 3rd party tool reads and writes these.
> But it is possible for me to create a diff script that can uncompress,
> merge the text and then rewrite the binary.
> Heck, pretend it is just a gzip'd text file and you have a good example.
>
> So in the case of a gzip it would be gzip -d => diff3 => gzip. But how
> do I tell subversion to use my special diff command for these binary
> files?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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