[cvsnt] Why is this a conflict?

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Tue Jan 13 23:16:53 GMT 2004


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Jeff Urlwin wrote:

> to the tool, as the line numbers would be the same.  Maybe it should be a
> special case when the changes are after the last line number on the previous
> rev...???

It is a conflict - no special case is required.

If you have both modified the file at the same point (end,top,middle, 
whatvever...) then CVS has no business ignoring that - it *must* flag a 
conflict.  In the end case how is it to know which one goes first?  The 
first edit or the last one?  What if putting both in at the same time 
would break the syntax of the file?  These are things that only a human 
can decide.

Tony




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