Re: [boost] [svn] merge to release HOWTO?

Subject: Re: [boost] [svn] merge to release HOWTO?
From: Juergen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-14 04:01:17

Hi !

On Monday 14 December 2009, you wrote:
> Eric Niebler wrote:

> > The revisions I merged had only changes to proto and xpressive, but
> > what actually got merged includes property changes to files and
> > directories all over the map. What's going on? Am I not doing it
> > the right way?
> 
> The problem, as I see it, is that many files (and probably some
>  directories too) have acquired a svn:mergeinfo property without
>  really needing one, and things seem to get worse with time. FWIW, I
>  only ever merge at the root. :-)

Yes, that mostly happens when using svn 1.5.x. It is a known bug.

Yours,

Jürgen
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