Hello, the contrib script "detect-merge-conflicts.sh" [1] uses a grep command which also finds false positive merge conflict markers: it finds single lines of "=======" and the pre-commit will fail.
For example I wanted to add a readme file that contains the following two lines: Install ======= Of course committing failed. The correct solution would be to use sed and search for real blocks of merge conflict marker: SUSPICIOUS=$($SVNLOOK diff -t "$TXN" "$REPOS" | sed -n -e '/^+<<<<<<< \..*$/,/^+>>>>>>> \..*$/ { /^+=======$/p ; //q }' | wc -l) This sed command finds blocks enclosed with new "<<<<<< ." and ">>>>>>>." and checks if this block contains a new line with "=======". If found it prints out that line and quits sed. Kind regards Matthias "Maddes" Bücher P.S.: I'm not subscribed and would appreciate being explicitly Cc:ed in any responses. Thanks. [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/contrib/hook-scripts/detect-merge-conflicts.sh