Hi Guys Thanks for the answers. First Andy, yes, we put more than the story code on the commits :) We are using svn 1.4.4 ont he server, so to be able to keep track of the ancestors logs we will probably need to upgrade.
Still, I believe we need some tool to search the logs for that especific #xxxx code of the story. Correct me if I am wrong, but from there I would have to collect all the revision numbers, and apply them in a single merge manually? Is there any way to automate this? thanks emerson On 16 June 2010 22:40, Daniel Becroft <djcbecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Bob Archer <bob.arc...@amsi.com> wrote: >> >>> You're describing a normal usage of merging. >>> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.html >>> >>> You don't want to redo all those commit messages, you want the merge >>> to be aware of the history behind everything that's been done (which, >>> if you're using 1.5 or later, is taken care of), so that svn log can >>> trace back & all those messages fall right in line. >> >> Really... I didn't know this happened. If you look at the log of trunk where >> you have merged in from branch won't it only show the merge as a single rev >> with the message you made in the merge commit. How will you be able to trace >> the log back through the changes made in branch? > > It does, but not by default. You need to use the > '-g/--use-merge-history' switch. > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.advanced.html#svn.branchmerge.advanced.logblame > > Cheers, > Daniel B. >