In addition to adding merge info to your working copy target, merge info will be added to any file or folder under a target folder if the file or folder already has an "svn:mergeinfo" property. This will happen even if the original "svn:mergeinfo" property is empty.
The only way to correct this is to consolidate the merge info into the root folders of a working copy, and its externals, and to *delete* the "svn:mergeinfo" property from all child folders and files. To avoid an increasing number of items with this property, as a result of non-root merges or copies, you would have to restrict setting of the "svn:mergeinfo" property to a root folder. The Subversion Hook Framework can be used to enforce this policy. - http://sourceforge.net/projects/svnhook There's an example of the required configuration (XML) file entry on the "Hook Configuration File Examples" page of the wiki. - http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/svnhook/index.php?title=Hook_Configura tion_File_Examples -Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Ben [mailto:tebu...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:48 AM To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: RE: Spurious svn:mergeinfo updated on random, untouched files on minimalistic merge?! Thank you very much for that helping link! This is exactly the type of background information I've been looking for. With the help of your linked article, if found out that on the root directory a mergeinfo was set. I tried to removed the existing property as workaround on both trunk & branch. Unfortunately I still receive explicit entries mergeinfo entries following this scheme on totally unrelated paths (no relevant commit since branch-off): Added: svn:mergeinfo Merged /branches/1.1.x/tools/releasenotes:r3101-3122* Added: svn:mergeinfo Merged /branches/1.1.x/tools/releasenotes/axis-jaxrpc-1.3.jar:r3101-3122 Any hint on where those do origin from? Are those issues adressed by svn 1.7.x? The mentioned articel did not provide any explanation pattern for me. Cheers! - Ben -----Original Message----- From: Johan Corveleyn [mailto:jcor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:21 PM I don't have time right now to analyze and explain your particular situation, but as for a link to detailed background information, you might want to read this article: http://www.collab.net/community/subversion/articles/merge-info.html Also, if I understood correctly, improvements are being made in this area for svn 1.7 (for starters, in 1.7 only subtrees affected by the merge will have their mergeinfo updated). But it's too early to tell how that will work out. Svn 1.7 is still at least a couple of months away... -- Johan
