On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:13:09 +0000, Stefan Sperling wrote: ... > But I don't think subversion should enforce one particular merge outcome. > My opinion is that the user should be given a choice, and be supported > by an interactive conflict resolution prompt that shows all possible > resolution strategies: > - put all files in the same directory ("Markus Schaber's strategy") > - rename the local directory > - rename the incoming directory > - delete the local directory, replace with incoming directory > - discard the incoming directory, keep the local directory > - discard both directories
Actually I think these are better handled by throwing away the merge results and doing the renames/removes on the respective branches, then redo the merge. I tend to feel uneasy in these interactive conflict resolutions. Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800