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  18 <h2>Merge Tracking</h2>
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  20 <p>"Make merging changes <em>simple</em>."</p>
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  22 <div class="h3" id="internal">
  23 <h3>Subversion's own Merge Tracking</h3>
  24
  25 <p>Development of Subversion's own merge tracking support is
  26 currently underway, with basic functionality expected to be included
  27 in Subversion 1.5.  Additional features may follow in subsequent
  28 releases; email the development list if you're interested
  29 in participating in the definition or implementation process.</p>
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  31 <ul>
  32   <li><a href="requirements.html">Use Cases and Requirements</a></li>
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  34   <li><a href="func-spec.html">Functional Specification</a></li>
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  36   <li><a href="design.html">Design Specification</a></li>
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  39 <p>Merge Tracking in Subversion 1.5.0 is roughly equivalent in
  40 functionality to <a
  41 href="http://www.orcaware.com/svn/wiki/Svnmerge.py">svnmerge.py</a>,
  42 recording and using merge history to avoid common cases of the
  43 repeated merge problem, and allowing for cherry-picking of changes.
  44 It exposes merge history via properties, and allows for repository
  45 dump/load (including the ability to re-create the merge history
  46 index).  It supports both the FSFS and BerkeleyDB Subversion file
  47 system backends.  (Early implementations added <a
  48 href="http://www.sqlite.org/">sqlite</a> as a dependency, but this was
  49 later removed: Subversion 1.5 does <em>not</em> use SQLite.)
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  51 </p>
  52
  53 <p>Remaining tasks for 1.5.0 are tracked in the <a
  54 href="/issues/buglist.cgi?component=subversion&amp;issue_status=NEW&amp;issue_status=STARTED&amp;issue_status=REOPENED&amp;target_milestone=1.5&amp;keywords=merge-tracking&amp;keywords_type=anytokens&amp;cmdtype=doit&amp;order=%27Importance%27&amp;Submit+query=Submit+query"
  55 >issue tracker</a>.</p>
  56
  57 <p>Additional Merge Tracking features planned for post-1.5.0 include
  58 blocking of changes, misc. auditing/reporting, handling of cyclic
  59 merges, and other high-level features described in the recorded <a
  60 href="requirements.html">use cases</a>.  This list of issues can also
  61 be found in the <a href="/issues/">issue tracker</a> (query for the
  62 <em>merge-tracking</em> keyword to get the comprehensive list).</p>
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  68 <div class="h3" id="external">
  69 <h3>External Merge Tracking</h3>
  70
  71 <div class="h4" id="leveraged">
  72 <h4>Tools built on top of Subversion</h4>
  73
  74 <ul>
  75   <li><a href="http://www.orcaware.com/svn/wiki/Svnmerge.py"
  76   >svnmerge</a></li>
  77
  78   <li><a href="http://svk.elixus.org/">svk</a></li>
  79 </ul>
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  84 <div class="h4" id="non-svn">
  85 <h4>Other tools</h4>
  86
  87 <ul>
  88   <li><a href="http://perforce.com/">Perforce</a></li>
  89
  90   <li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearcase/support/"
  91   >ClearCase</a></li>
  92
  93   <li><a href="http://www.bitkeeper.com/">BitKeeper</a></li>
  94
  95   <li><a href="http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/mcvs.html">MetaCVS</a></li>
  96 </ul>
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 102 <!-- TODO: "Import" from CollabNet's site (this should become a
 103 "tasks" or "status" document):
 104   <li><p><a
 105   href="https://scm-roadmap.extranet.collab.net/merge-tracking.html"
 106   >VC Team Merge Tracking Roadmap</a></p></li>
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