Using TortoiseSVN how do I merge changes from the trunk to a branch and vice versa

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I ve been reading up on branching merging with Subversion 1 5 using the excellent and free Version Control with Subversion book   I think that I understand how to use the Subversion command line client to perform the actions that I need most often  which are   Update Branch with Changes from Trunk  From the branch s working directory run       svn merge http   svn myurl com proj trunk   Merge Branch into Trunk  From the trunk s working directory run      svn merge --reintegrate http   svn myurl com proj branches mybranch   However  we are using TortoiseSVN 1 5 as our interface to Subversion  I would like to know how best to perform these operations with TortoiseSVN   The new dialog provides three different options on the main menu     Merge a range of revisions Reintegrate a branch Merge two different trees   From what I can gather  TortoiseSVN always executes svn with the following syntax      svn merge  --dry-run  --force From URL revN To URL revM PATH   Additionally  reintegrate a branch often fails with a message stating that some targets have not been merged and so it cannot continue  and so I had to use option  3   My questions are    How do I use TortoiseSVN 1 5 to merge changes from the trunk to a branch  How do I use TortoiseSVN 1 5 to merge the branch to the trunk  with and without the reintegrate method  Which of the above options should I use for each  and why      EDIT  Through  dry run  testing I have found that the command line Subversion operation     svn merge http   svn myurl com proj trunk   is analogous to option  1  Merge a Range of Revisions  in TortoiseSVN  as long as I leave the revision range blank

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I couldn t properly follow the other answers  here s more of a dummies guide      You can do this either way round to go trunk - gt  branch or branch - gt  trunk  I always first do trunk - gt  branch fix any conflicts there and then merge branch - gt  trunk   Merge trunk into a branch   tag   Checkout the branch   tag Right-click on the root of the branch   Tortoise SVN   Merge     Merge Type  Merge a range of revisions   Click  Next   Merge revision range  Select the URL of the trunk directory that you copied to the branch   tag  Enter the revisions to merge or leave the field empty to merge all revisions   click  Next   Merge options  I just left these as default   click  Merge   This will merge the revisions into the checked out branch   tag Then commit the merged changes to the branch   tag

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Take a look at svnmerge py   It s command-line  can t be invoked by TortoiseSVN  but it s more powerful   From the FAQ      Traditional subversion will let you   merge changes  but it doesn t    remember  what you ve already merged    It also doesn t provide a convenient   way to exclude a change set from being   merged  svnmerge py automates some of   the work  and simplifies it  Svnmerge   also creates a commit message with the   log messages from all of the things it   merged

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I couldn t properly follow the other answers  here s more of a dummies guide      You can do this either way round to go trunk - gt  branch or branch - gt  trunk  I always first do trunk - gt  branch fix any conflicts there and then merge branch - gt  trunk   Merge trunk into a branch   tag   Checkout the branch   tag Right-click on the root of the branch   Tortoise SVN   Merge     Merge Type  Merge a range of revisions   Click  Next   Merge revision range  Select the URL of the trunk directory that you copied to the branch   tag  Enter the revisions to merge or leave the field empty to merge all revisions   click  Next   Merge options  I just left these as default   click  Merge   This will merge the revisions into the checked out branch   tag Then commit the merged changes to the branch   tag

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You should use  merge a range of revision    To merge changes from the trunk to a branch  inside the branch working copy choose  merge range of revisions  and enter the trunk URL and the start and end revisions to merge   The same in the opposite way to merge a branch in the trunk   About the --reintegrate flag  check the manual here  http   tortoisesvn net docs release TortoiseSVN en tsvn-dug-merge html tsvn-dug-merge-reintegrate

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You should use  merge a range of revision    To merge changes from the trunk to a branch  inside the branch working copy choose  merge range of revisions  and enter the trunk URL and the start and end revisions to merge   The same in the opposite way to merge a branch in the trunk   About the --reintegrate flag  check the manual here  http   tortoisesvn net docs release TortoiseSVN en tsvn-dug-merge html tsvn-dug-merge-reintegrate

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You should use  merge a range of revision    To merge changes from the trunk to a branch  inside the branch working copy choose  merge range of revisions  and enter the trunk URL and the start and end revisions to merge   The same in the opposite way to merge a branch in the trunk   About the --reintegrate flag  check the manual here  http   tortoisesvn net docs release TortoiseSVN en tsvn-dug-merge html tsvn-dug-merge-reintegrate

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The behavior depends on which version your repository has  Subversion 1 5 allows 4 types of merge    merge sourceURL1  N  sourceURL2  M   WCPATH  merge sourceWCPATH1 N sourceWCPATH2 M  WCPATH  merge  -c M  N       -r N M      SOURCE  REV   WCPATH  merge --reintegrate SOURCE  REV   WCPATH    Subversion before 1 5 only allowed the first 2 formats   Technically you can perform all merges with the first two methods  but the last two enable subversion 1 5 s merge tracking   TortoiseSVN s options merge a range or revisions maps to method 3 when your repository is 1 5  or to method one when your repository is older   When merging features over to a release maintenance branch you should use the  Merge a range of revisions  command    Only when you want to merge all features of a branch back to a parent branch  commonly trunk  you should look into using  Reintegrate a branch    And the last command -Merge two different trees- is only usefull when you want to step outside the normal branching behavior   E g  Comparing different releases and then merging the differenct to yet another branch

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You should use  merge a range of revision    To merge changes from the trunk to a branch  inside the branch working copy choose  merge range of revisions  and enter the trunk URL and the start and end revisions to merge   The same in the opposite way to merge a branch in the trunk   About the --reintegrate flag  check the manual here  http   tortoisesvn net docs release TortoiseSVN en tsvn-dug-merge html tsvn-dug-merge-reintegrate

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Shift-Right Click on the folder and select TortoiseSVN -  Merge All

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Take a look at svnmerge py   It s command-line  can t be invoked by TortoiseSVN  but it s more powerful   From the FAQ      Traditional subversion will let you   merge changes  but it doesn t    remember  what you ve already merged    It also doesn t provide a convenient   way to exclude a change set from being   merged  svnmerge py automates some of   the work  and simplifies it  Svnmerge   also creates a commit message with the   log messages from all of the things it   merged

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The behavior depends on which version your repository has  Subversion 1 5 allows 4 types of merge    merge sourceURL1  N  sourceURL2  M   WCPATH  merge sourceWCPATH1 N sourceWCPATH2 M  WCPATH  merge  -c M  N       -r N M      SOURCE  REV   WCPATH  merge --reintegrate SOURCE  REV   WCPATH    Subversion before 1 5 only allowed the first 2 formats   Technically you can perform all merges with the first two methods  but the last two enable subversion 1 5 s merge tracking   TortoiseSVN s options merge a range or revisions maps to method 3 when your repository is 1 5  or to method one when your repository is older   When merging features over to a release maintenance branch you should use the  Merge a range of revisions  command    Only when you want to merge all features of a branch back to a parent branch  commonly trunk  you should look into using  Reintegrate a branch    And the last command -Merge two different trees- is only usefull when you want to step outside the normal branching behavior   E g  Comparing different releases and then merging the differenct to yet another branch

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Take a look at svnmerge py   It s command-line  can t be invoked by TortoiseSVN  but it s more powerful   From the FAQ      Traditional subversion will let you   merge changes  but it doesn t    remember  what you ve already merged    It also doesn t provide a convenient   way to exclude a change set from being   merged  svnmerge py automates some of   the work  and simplifies it  Svnmerge   also creates a commit message with the   log messages from all of the things it   merged

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The behavior depends on which version your repository has  Subversion 1 5 allows 4 types of merge    merge sourceURL1  N  sourceURL2  M   WCPATH  merge sourceWCPATH1 N sourceWCPATH2 M  WCPATH  merge  -c M  N       -r N M      SOURCE  REV   WCPATH  merge --reintegrate SOURCE  REV   WCPATH    Subversion before 1 5 only allowed the first 2 formats   Technically you can perform all merges with the first two methods  but the last two enable subversion 1 5 s merge tracking   TortoiseSVN s options merge a range or revisions maps to method 3 when your repository is 1 5  or to method one when your repository is older   When merging features over to a release maintenance branch you should use the  Merge a range of revisions  command    Only when you want to merge all features of a branch back to a parent branch  commonly trunk  you should look into using  Reintegrate a branch    And the last command -Merge two different trees- is only usefull when you want to step outside the normal branching behavior   E g  Comparing different releases and then merging the differenct to yet another branch

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Take a look at svnmerge py   It s command-line  can t be invoked by TortoiseSVN  but it s more powerful   From the FAQ      Traditional subversion will let you   merge changes  but it doesn t    remember  what you ve already merged    It also doesn t provide a convenient   way to exclude a change set from being   merged  svnmerge py automates some of   the work  and simplifies it  Svnmerge   also creates a commit message with the   log messages from all of the things it   merged

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Shift-Right Click on the folder and select TortoiseSVN -  Merge All

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The behavior depends on which version your repository has  Subversion 1 5 allows 4 types of merge    merge sourceURL1  N  sourceURL2  M   WCPATH  merge sourceWCPATH1 N sourceWCPATH2 M  WCPATH  merge  -c M  N       -r N M      SOURCE  REV   WCPATH  merge --reintegrate SOURCE  REV   WCPATH    Subversion before 1 5 only allowed the first 2 formats   Technically you can perform all merges with the first two methods  but the last two enable subversion 1 5 s merge tracking   TortoiseSVN s options merge a range or revisions maps to method 3 when your repository is 1 5  or to method one when your repository is older   When merging features over to a release maintenance branch you should use the  Merge a range of revisions  command    Only when you want to merge all features of a branch back to a parent branch  commonly trunk  you should look into using  Reintegrate a branch    And the last command -Merge two different trees- is only usefull when you want to step outside the normal branching behavior   E g  Comparing different releases and then merging the differenct to yet another branch

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