Merge algorithms

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu.org> writes:

    >> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:31:53 +1000
    >> From: Andrew Bennetts <andrew.bennetts at canonical.com>
    >> Cc: mbp at canonical.com, bazaar at lists.canonical.com
    >> 
    >> bzr help changelog_merge

    > This says, inter alia:

    >   To enable this plugin, add a section to your branch.conf or location.conf
    >   like::

    >       [/home/user/proj]
    >       changelog_merge_files = ChangeLog

    >   The changelog_merge_files config option takes a list of file paths, separated
    >   by commas.

    > Just to make sure I understand the semantics of this: what exactly
    > does /home/user/proj stand for here?

It applies to locations.conf only and says: all paths that starts with
'/home/usr/proj/' will see this config variable.

    > Is this the root of a branch in which I want the ChangeLog files
    > to be merged by this plugin?  Or do I need to specify the
    > subdirectories of the branch explicitly?  If the subdirectories do
    > not need to be mentioned explicitly, then why do I need the path
    > at all, in a branch.conf file of a branch where I want to use this
    > plugin?

You get this right and you don't need it in branch.conf where you can
just say:

 changelog_merge_files = ChangeLog


    > Also, will "bzr remerge" use this plugin automatically, given the
    > above addition to branch.conf?

That would be a bug it if doesn't IMHO...

     Vincent