So, since I've already messed up ...
What happens to the existing working copies when I delete and re-create
the branch?
IMHO: If re-integrate means you're done, Subversion shouldn't allow any
more commits to the branch. It should probably delete it when the
reintegrate succeeds.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Archer [mailto:Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:38 PM
> To: Brian Erickson; Mark Phippard; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: RE: Fwd: svn1.5 seems to fail simple merge-tracking scenario
>
> If you mean literaly using the --reintegrate feature then you
> can cause problems. The svn book says NOT to do this. I can't
> recall the reasons.
>
> "In Subversion 1.5, once a --reintegrate merge is done from
> branch to trunk, the branch is no longer usable for further
> work. It's not able to correctly absorb new trunk changes,
> nor can it be properly reintegrated to trunk again. For this
> reason, if you want to keep working on your feature branch,
> we recommend destroying it and then re-creating it from the trunk:"
>
> BOb
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Erickson [mailto:erickson_at_bauercontrols.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:33 PM
> > To: Mark Phippard; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> > Subject: RE: Fwd: svn1.5 seems to fail simple
> merge-tracking scenario
> >
> > In my case, we have 4 people working on a feature branch.
> At various
> > checkpoints, defined by the systems manager, we re-integrate back to
> the
> > trunk.
> >
> > If we remove and re-create the branch, what happens to our working
> > copies?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markphip_at_gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:24 AM
> > > To: Nathan Nobbe; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: svn1.5 seems to fail simple merge-tracking
> scenario
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 08:57:28AM -0700, Nathan Nobbe wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> we are migrating to svn1.5 at the office. ive been
> > > running some tests
> > > >> using the svn1.5.5 merge tracking and ive run a simple
> > > bidirectional
> > > >> merge test, and i dont see it leveraging the merge
> > > tracking. let me
> > > >> illustrate the flow, and open up the floor to folks who
> > > can clarify
> > > >> things for me.
> > > >> imagine there is a file in a branch,
> > > $branches/test/a.c, then a branch
> > > >> is created from there,
> > > >> svn cp $branches/test $branches/test-b
> > > >> ok, now, we checkout both branchs, and make a change to a.c,
> in
> > > >> test-b, and commit it.
> > > >> cd test-b
> > > >> vi a.c # add a line
> > > >> svn commit a.c
> > > >> then we merge back to upstream,
> > > >> cd ..
> > > >> svn up test
> > > >> svn merge --reintegrate $branches/test-b test
> > > >> svn commit -m 'merge --reintegrate test-b' test
> > > >> now the change from test-b is in test. so now, we go
> > > into test-b,
> > > >> and
> > > >
> > > > Don't go on using $branches/test-b after you have
> reintegrated it.
> > > > You want to svn rm $branches/test-b at this point.
> > > > If you need it again, re-branch.
> > > >
> > > > See
> http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2008/07/subversion-merg.html
> > >
> > > The alternative is that you can use the svn merge --record-only
> > > option to record the merge on test-b so that subsequent merges do
> > > not attempt to merge back that revision.
> > >
> > > Personally, I think removing the branch and recreating
> when/if there
> > > is more to do is cleaner.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Mark Phippard
> > > http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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