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RE: Better way to merge?

From: Roth, Pierre <pierre.roth_at_covidien.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:45:47 +0100

> I have a simple project with one branch. I want to bring
> changes from the head into the branch's 'tools' directory.
> So far the only way I've found to do it is with this
> unwieldly set of commands:
>
> cd $BRANCH_DIR/tools
>
> svn log --stop-on-copy
>
> (find the revision where the branch took place from this command.)
>
> now run this:
>
> svn merge -r2572:HEAD
> http://svn.myproject.com/myproject/myframework/docroot/tools
>
> is this seriously the only way to do it? i could write a
> script but it seems weird to me that such a clumsy procedure
> is necessary. svn is usually so elegant, otherwise.
>
If your svn version is <= 1.4.6, you can use svnmerge.py (or
svnmerge.exe on Windows platforms) which is as elegant as you're used to
with svn command line. (http://www.orcaware.com/svn/wiki/Svnmerge.py)

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