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Re: merge using same revision number - quick question

From: Z W <mpc8250_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:49:33 -0700

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Branko ÄŒibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> wrote:

> On 24.04.2013 23:06, Z W wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com
> > <mailto:markphip_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com
> > <mailto:Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>> wrote:
> > > Please check the poperties on one of the files. Tell me what the
> > mergeinfo: is prior to your merge
> > > and after your merge. Up to this point we were talking about
> > generalities, but we are getting down to specifics now.
> >
> > FWIW, after running the merge just run svn diff. It will show the
> > changes it made to the properties.
> >
> >
> > Hi Mark thanks for responding too.
> > We are trying to automate this process for many files.
> > We simply merge and commit until we hit a Conflict.
>
> A note about process here ... It is in general not a good idea to
> automate the commit step. Merge results should always be reviewed. If
> Subversion does not flag a conflict that does /not/ mean that the merge
> is semantically correct (or even syntactically, if we're talking about
> merging source code); it only means that it did not find conflicting
> regions of changes in the text.
>
> There is no guarantee that a conflict-less merge results in valid code.
> If you're lucky, a compiler will flag the problem; if not, you might
> find out when users raise support tickets.
>
> -- Brane
>
> --
> Branko ÄŒibej
> Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com
>
> Hi Branko

Thanks for responding and the heads up.

Sincerely
Received on 2013-04-26 23:50:05 CEST

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