> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magnus Carlsson [mailto:culan77_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: donderdag 13 maart 2014 11:02
> Subject: preserved-conflict-file-exts
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an issue with the setting: preserved-conflict-file-exts from
> the subversion config file.
>
> I'm using svn 1.8.8 (r1568071)
>
> I have some files that has the extension .TcPOU
> I have a special compare & merge utility for these files.
> Unfortunately the compare & merge tool first starts with checking the
> file extension of the two files and if it does not match, will close
> with an error message.
>
> To solve the issue I'm trying out the preserved-conflict-file-exts
setting.
>
> I'm not able to get this to work.
> I have tried multiple settings but no one so far has made any difference.
>
> I have tried:
> preserved-conflict-file-exts = tcpou
>
> I also tried (suspecting case sensitiveness):
> preserved-conflict-file-exts = TcPOU
Yes, Subversion is case sensitive, so this last one should work...
>
> and finally i tried also:
> preserved-conflict-file-exts = *
>
> Still, when merging back a branch to the trunk causing a conflict i
> get these files:
>
> test.TcPOU
> test.TcPOU.working
> test.TcPOU.merge-left.r207
> test.TcPOU.merge-right.r216
Ah... and here you describe the real problem.
> It seems svn does not honor the setting at all.
> I have tried making the setting both in the config file and in the
> registry (yes, I'm currently on windows 7 machine).
> But, if i understand correctly, the config file has precedence over
> the registry.
It looks like we only implemented the extension preserve code for update and
switch scenarios and never for merging.
Bert
> Is there anyone who has any experience in using this setting?
>
> Grateful for any help.
>
>
> / Magnus
Received on 2014-03-13 11:52:57 CET