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Date:      Sat, 14 May 2005 11:57:41 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>
Cc:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Subject:   Re: mergemaster improvement (auto-update for not modified files)
Message-ID:  <4285621D.7030503@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20050513161510.GA97948@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
References:  <427743ED.6020200@FreeBSD.org> <4284680E.1060008@FreeBSD.org> <20050513101554.GA1519@over-yonder.net> <428535F5.3060604@gsoft.com.au> <20050513161510.GA97948@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>

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John Hay wrote:
>>etcmerge can already do this :)
> 
> Maybe, but last time I tried to use it, I got the feeling that it was
> missing a front end. If its cleverness could be married to the ease
> of use of mergemaster, we would have a winner. IMVHO

Yes, it is a little more difficult to use since it doesn't walk you 
through resolving conflicts.

Still, it is very powerful and in general you don't have to resolve any 
conflicts so total amount of work required is small.

-- 
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
   -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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