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Re: How to disable automatic merging...

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-12-10 22:44:01 CET

Sohail Somani wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:33:53 -0700, Gus Hart wrote:
>
>> Here's an example why I might not want auto-merging (BTW, no one
>> answered my question, only questioned my premise...).
>
> I did answer:
>
> "Are you sure you really don't want SVN to merge when you svn up a file
> you have changed? I'm not sure I understand why. *If you don't want
> another developer's changes to mess up your work, use branches.*"
>
> This way you can control how often people can drive you insane.

Or, you can prevent them from helping you which is more often the case
when you all commit/update frequently and diff against previous version
to keep track of the changes.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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