On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 05:41:03PM +0000, Varnau, Steve (Neoview) wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Sperling
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 5:10 AM
> To: Daniel Becroft
> Cc: Varnau, Steve (Neoview); users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Dangerous to keep re-integrated branches alive?
> > After the reintegration merge, /trunk and the branch should be bit-by-bit
> > identical. Period.
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> No. That's not true in the general case. It's a common misunderstanding though.
> See here for details: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201009.mbox/%3C20100929200923.GC7378@ted.stsp.name%3E
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> Thanks for both replies. So, at least one could do a double-check if the files involved in the re-integration check-in revision are identical on the branch. They should be, and if so, then it is safe to block the merge and keep the branch alive.
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> -Steve
No, the files can differ. E.g. consider what happens if the branch modifies
the very last line of a file. Now the branch is synced to trunk to prepare
it for reintegration. The file receives no changes. Next, someone commits
a change to trunk changing the very first line of the file. Then you
perform the reintegrate merge, and it's likely that this merge is
conflict-free (unless the file is very short). Now you commit the result
of the reintegration merge, and the files on the branch and the trunk are
not the same -- they differ in the first line.
Received on 2011-02-14 18:54:51 CET