svn - Subversion: Merge, Revert, Merge again. Why does it silently fail? -


is nasty subversion bug or approaching wrong way?

merge branch trunk. ->helloworld.txt updates

revert helloworld.txt

do same merge again. ->no files update.

why doesn't second merge update helloworld again? it's acting if change has been copied over. shouldn't revert reset it?

if revert entire folder helloworld in, second merge applies change again. it's if revert file fails.

this little scary. if need revert files now. future merge silently fail copy on critical code.

subversion 1.6 os x 10.6.4

subversion performs merge tracking, meaning record revisions have been merged. merge info recorded in property called svn:mergeinfo on root of merge (ie whatever entered target after svn merge). reverted file, didn't revert merge root contains modified or added svn:mergeinfo property.


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