Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> Am 29.01.2006 um 08:41 schrieb Avi Bryant:
>
>> What do you find weak about the merge and diff tools in Monticello?
>
>
> The automatic merging works very nicely for us. I even find myself  
> formatting methods so they produce a nice diff ;-) Like, we have a  
> method that lists the versions of packages used to build an image.  
> It's laid-out as one line per package, so in the diff each changed  
> package stands out visually :)
>
> However, *if* there are conflicts, tool support is lacking. Apart  
> from the wording in the merge-browser's interface, which I got used  
> to, I'd like to properly resolve conflicts right there while merging.  
> Currently it's either-or: you have to keep your method or replace it  
> with the incoming method.
>
> As a work-around, I usually accept all the incoming methods, but open  
> a method browser on each of them. After the merge I go to each one to  
> properly adjust the code manually, using the changes-based diff to  
> see what happened.
>
> It'd be very nice to be able to edit the new method right there in  
> the merge browser. Visually, a three-pane layout showing the old, the  
> new, and the merged hand-edited version would be very nice. But only  
> being able to edit the code in a single pane would be an improvement,  
> too.
>
> Fortunately, it happens not very often we actually have conflicts,  
> and even then, the majority can be resolved by using either the old  
> or the new version. But I guess the remaining cases are what people  
> mean when they ask for a better 3-way merge.
>
> - Bert -

That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about in terms of 
merging - you put it very clearly, Bert. It may be that I don't 
understand the merge tools availble in Squeak properly, but when 
compared to those in Eclipse, Araxis Merge, whatever, they seem quite 
poor and under-featured, which is not the case judging from other 
comments here.

S



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