If I'm using svnmerge to track changes for a branch and I want to rename the branch (by doing an svn mv), will this cause any problems with the way the changes are tracked? Is this a safe thing to do?
Sydius. Yes this will cause problems with the way changes are tracked. However it is a safe thing to do, as long as you update any branches tracking the branch you moved.
This is as simple as the following:
cd /path/to/tracking/branch
svn pe svnmerge-integrated .
You will see a line (or lines if you are tracking multiple) similar to the following:
/trunk:1-8334,8336-8440,8444-8450,8452-8458,8460-8469,8471-8476,8480,8486
This designates that this branch of mine is tracking the /trunk of my repository, and the list of revisions that have been merged into it. You can simply change /trunk to be /mynewbranch and save the file.
You will also need to do the same for the svnmerge-blocked property, as such:
svn pe svnmerge-blocked .
If this file is empty, then just ignore it.