[svk-devel] svk 2.0 confusing messages

[Alexandru Popescu]

On 1/12/07, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/12/07, Viktor Štujber <theultramage at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 'empty merge' means that the source and destination directories are
> > file-by-file identical so there's nothing to do, and svk prevents you
> > from commiting revisions with no data.
> > If something has to be merged, there needs to be something to merge...
> >
>
> The explanation makes sense, but it shouldn't be logged as there are
> lots of scenarios where there are no needs to be merged and this would
> render the console useless if logged. So I am pretty sure that with
> the example I have presented above there is something wrong
> (considering that it kept showing those for a couple of attempts).
>

After running 15 or 20 times the above commands the messages got away.
I got the impression that what solved the problem was running a smerge
command with the synch mirror option. Frankly speaking I still belive
this is a bug, but considering that nobody commented on it makes me a
bit uncomfortable calling it so.

./alex
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> > On 1/12/07, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 1/12/07, Chisel Wright <orlockblackraven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 1/11/07, Alexandru Popescu
> > > > <the.mindstorm.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just upgraded to svk 2.0.0-1 for win. I have a svn mirrored
> > > > > repository and when running the following commands I see some
> > > > > confusing output:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've always (half-)wondered what the "Empty merge" messages meant ...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Me too... but what is more annoying in this case is that I cannot get
> > > rid of those messages. I would almost say it is a bug, but I am just
> > > an user so I cannot comment for the moment. Hopefully there is
> > > something I can do, because I don't want to be forced to downgrade.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > ./alex
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