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Re: tree conflict: local add, incoming add upon merge

From: Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:05:43 +0200

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:45:09AM -0400, David Tombs wrote:
> Hi Subversion Gurus,
>
> I have a question about merging with a tree conflict.
>
> I created the same directory, called 'config' on two branches. The
> directory had different files on each branch, let's call them 'foo.java'
> on branch A and 'bar.java' on branch B.
>
> When I merged branch A -> branch B, I got a "tree conflict" saying "local
> add, incoming add upon merge." I can understand this error: the merge
> tried to add the directory as expected but it was already there. My
> desired resolution is to keep the 'config' directory and just add the file
> from branch A. That is, 'config' would contain both foo.java and bar.java.
>
> The only way to achieve this I found was to delete 'config' (with no
> commit), do the merge, and then revert the deletion of bar.java. It
> worked, but it seems weird to do a delete just to revert it. Do you know
> any better way of doing it? It took me a while to figure out the
> solution, with lots of fruitless Googling.

The problem with tree conflicts is that each one is unique.
You might always find more creative ways of solving them.
But I think that you've taken a very good approach.

In short, whatever works for you is best :)
Received on 2011-05-24 17:06:18 CEST

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