Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Jean Seurin
Hi, we have a problem we can't solve yet with Subversion. In our process, we create a branch of a version that is going to be released. Then we release from that branch and create a tag for each released version. The problem lies in the bug fix of this released version. We have to apply manu

Re: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
On Monday 11 January 2010, Jean Seurin wrote: > I have to find a way to facilitate this bug porting from branch to trunk. > > Unfortunately I can't find any merge example made with this > configuration. It seems it's designed to work the other way, trunk -> > branch. Subversion doesn't care about

Re: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Tyler Roscoe
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 05:50:53PM +0800, Jean Seurin wrote: > In our process, we create a branch of a version that is going to be > released. Then we release from that branch and create a tag for each > released version. I assume you create the branch from the trunk? > The problem lies in the

RE: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Bob Archer
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 05:50:53PM +0800, Jean Seurin wrote: > > In our process, we create a branch of a version that is going to > be > > released. Then we release from that branch and create a tag for > each > > released version. > > I assume you create the branch from the trunk? > > > The pr

Re: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Stein Somers
On 11/01/2010 18:09, Tyler Roscoe wrote: The usual way to do this is to make the bugfix on trunk and then cherrypick merge the change from trunk up to your branch. Sure, in the early stages of the release process, but near or past D-day, as any decent CMM zero team we switch to panic mode. We

Re: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Tyler Roscoe
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 07:54:34PM +0100, Stein Somers wrote: > On 11/01/2010 18:09, Tyler Roscoe wrote: > >The usual way to do this is to make the bugfix on trunk and then > >cherrypick merge the change from trunk up to your branch. > > Sure, in the early stages of the release process, but near o

RE: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Srilakshmanan, Lakshman
into production. Thanks Lakshman -Original Message- From: Jean Seurin [mailto:jean.eastc...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 8:51 PM To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk Hi, we have a problem we can't solve yet with Subve

Re: Advice on how to merge bug fix from branch to trunk

2010-01-11 Thread Jean Seurin
That's more like what we do :) Actually I was just troubled with the merge possibilities. I've started to use the merge function recently, and at the same time discovered the --reintegrate option with the feature branches. I though maybe there could be something equivalent for release branches