> -----Original Message-----
> From: scarle...@gmail.com [mailto:scarle...@gmail.com] On 
> Behalf Of Sam Carleton
> Sent: 14 June 2010 01:19
> To: users@subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Rectifying a foobar split/merger
> 
> I have foobared the branch and cannot merge it anymore.  The 
> main trunk is the next release; the branch (v0.9.4) is the 
> current code in which I am fixing bugs and releasing point 
> releases, like v0.9.4.1, v0.9.4.2, etc. I believe where I 
> made mistake here:
> 
> When I release code, I tag the v0.9.4 branch to the specific 
> version.  Then when I did a few of the merges, I merged the 
> tag, not the v0.9.4 branch.
> 
> Now the new things I have had to add, say in tag v0.9.4.3 I 
> added a file, now it always comes up with a conflict.  I am 
> assuming that is because now that I am at tag v0.9.4.7, 
> subversion isn't able to figure out the connection between 
> the two tags.  On the other hand, it is my theory that if I 
> had simply always merged in the branch, there wouldn't be an issue.
> 
> Things have gotten worse now that I have added a new folder.  
> Is there some way to reconcile this?
> 
I think you need to look at the --record-only option:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.advanced.html#svn
.branchmerge.advanced.blockchanges

~ mark c

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