[Svnmerge] Question about SVN 1.5 vs. svnmerge

[Jon Schewe]

Reid Priedhorsky wrote:
> Jon Schewe wrote:
>   
>> After having read 
>> http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2008/07/subversion-merg.html I'm 
>> wondering if I can actually use my development branches with svn 1.5 
>> merging with one change. Each time I merge my development branch back
>> to trunk I delete and recreate it on the server side as suggested in
>> the article "The bottom line is that if you recreate your branches
>> you will not run into this.  svn delete followed by svn copy runs
>> fast, and does not take up any repository disk space.  You do not
>> even have to do anything special to your working copy.  So just do
>> it!"
>>
>> Does anyone see problems with this?
>>     
>
> I see two disadvantages with this pattern:
>
> 1. Extra commits and associated noise from the delete and copy.
>
> 2. Continuation of new work on the branch is blocked by the merge-to-trunk.
>
> In my case, #2 is a major problem because merging to trunk is done by 
> the project manager, not the developer on the branch. :/ YMMV.
>   
Those are good points to think about. #1 doesn't bother me much, #2 can
be an issue, depending on the project. Are there any technical issues
with this? Cases where this won't work?

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