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Re: cross-directory merge
From: |
Paul Sander |
Subject: |
Re: cross-directory merge |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:43:15 -0800 |
CVS can't handle it. For each file, you must identify the file/version
pairs for the common ancestor and two contributors, get them all into your
workspace, invoke diff3 with the proper incantation, and commit the result.
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Lets say I have the following situation
----------------------------------------------------------->MYBRANCH
/
/
/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------->HEAD
Where "MYBRANCH" is the production code (currently unders support) and HEAD
is the new development code base. Lets again say I have to reorganise the
files (rename and move files and directories -- in particular, do a massive
java refactor) on HEAD. Then lets say I have to do a bug fix on MYBRANCH,
and merge that bugfix down to HEAD to make sure it's been replicated. How
would I go about doing my directory/file moves so that I could still do the
merge later.
Any suggestions as to how to accomodate this problem (and whether cvs can
handle it) would be appreciated.
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