Re: [Subversion Wiki] Update of "KeepingReintegratedBranchAlive" by JulianFoad

[Stefan Sperling <st...@elego.de>]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:32:20PM -0000, Apache Wiki wrote:
> The "KeepingReintegratedBranchAlive" page has been changed by JulianFoad:
> http://wiki.apache.org/subversion/KeepingReintegratedBranchAlive?action=diff&rev1=1&rev2=2
> 
>   
>   Ways to make it easier:
>   
> -  * Make it easier for the user to do the record-only dance: make 'svn merge' print the required command at the end of the merging, and perhaps store info in the WC and make 'svn commit' notice and at least print a reminder and possibly even do that commit.
> +  * Make it easier for the user to do the record-only dance: make 'svn merge' print the required command at the end of the merging. Perhaps store info in the WC and make 'svn commit' notice and at least print a reminder. Possibly even have 'svn commit' do that keep-alive commit after the regular commit. (With the current mergeinfo design it needs to be a separate commit because it needs to reference the rev number of the first commit.)
> +  {{{
> + svn merge --reintegrate ^/branches/this-branch trunk-wc
> + --- Merging ...
> + [...]
> + To continue using the source branch after this reintegration, note the
> + new revision number REV created by the commit and perform the following
> + command in a working copy of that branch:
> + 
> +   svn merge --record-only --change REV ^/trunk .
> + }}}

Another idea: We could provide some way to mark a revision as merged without
requiring a working copy. I.e. somehow propedit the svn:mergeinfo value on
the branch as appropriate.
I'm not suggesting to tell people to 'svn propedit' the svn:mergeinfo property,
but to have a way to achieve the desired effect with 'svn merge'.
For instance, we could allow --record-only merges on URL targets.

Re: [Subversion Wiki] Update of "KeepingReintegratedBranchAlive" by JulianFoad

[Julian Foad <ju...@btopenworld.com>]

Stefan Sperling wrote:
> Another idea: We could provide some way to mark a revision
> as merged without requiring a working copy. I.e. somehow propedit
> the svn:mergeinfo value on the branch as appropriate. [...]

Thanks Stefan.  I added this to the list in the Wiki.

Email is fine; also feel free to add notes in the Wiki directly, somehow distinguishable for me to see.

- Julian