Issue #4258 Automatic merge after subtree merge in opposite direction [was: Symmetric merge and subtrees]

2012-11-15 Thread Julian Foad
Paul Burba wrote on 2012-11-02: > Julian Foad wrote: >> Paul Burba wrote: >>> Julian Foad wrote:   The following example is adapted from merge_symmetric_tests.py 18, subtree_to_and_fro(), "reintegrate considers source subtree mergeinfo":                     reintegrate

Re: Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-11-02 Thread Paul Burba
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Julian Foad wrote: > Hi Paul. > > Thanks for looking at this and the other ('deleted subtrees') thread. > Replies in line below... > > > Paul Burba wrote: >> Julian Foad wrote: >>> There are some merge scenarios for which it's not clear whether the >>> user shou

Re: Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-08-02 Thread Julian Foad
Hi Paul. Thanks for looking at this and the other ('deleted subtrees') thread.  Replies in line below... Paul Burba wrote: > Julian Foad wrote: >>  There are some merge scenarios for which it's not clear whether the >> user should specify '--reintegrate' or not.  We need to decide what the >>

Re: Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-07-31 Thread Paul Burba
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Julian Foad wrote: > There are some merge scenarios for which it's not clear whether the user > should specify '--reintegrate' or not. We need to decide what the > 'symmetric' (i.e. automatically-choosing) code should do in those cases. > > The following example

Re: Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-07-24 Thread Julian Foad
I (Julian Foad) wrote: > Investigating the second of three 'symmetric merge' test failures: > >   merge_reintegrate_tests.py 10 > > There is a definite issue concerning reverse merges from the branches' own > history.  In this test, the merge that behaves unexpectedly is the final > 'reintegrat

Re: Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-07-18 Thread Julian Foad
Investigating the second of three 'symmetric merge' test failures:   merge_reintegrate_tests.py 10 There is a definite issue concerning reverse merges from the branches' own history.  In this test, the merge that behaves unexpectedly is the final 'reintegrate' shown in the following graph (whic

Symmetric merge and subtrees

2012-07-17 Thread Julian Foad
There are some merge scenarios for which it's not clear whether the user should specify '--reintegrate' or not.  We need to decide what the 'symmetric' (i.e. automatically-choosing) code should do in those cases. The following example is adapted from merge_symmetric_tests.py 18, subtree_to_and_