[Svnmerge] Using svnmerge in a subdirectory

[Thomas Heller]

Is it possible to use svnmerge in a subdirectory?

In the top directory it is no problem:

  c:\svn\release25-maint>svnmerge init
  property 'svnmerge-integrated' set on '.'

  c:\svn\release25-maint>svn revert .
  Rückgängig gemacht: '.'

  c:\svn\release25-maint>

But in a subdirectory:

  c:\svn\release25-maint>cd Modules\_ctypes

  c:\svn\release25-maint\Modules\_ctypes>svnmerge init
  svnmerge: no copyfrom info available. Explicit head argument (-S/--head) required.

  c:\svn\release25-maint\Modules\_ctypes>

Ok, so it needs some options.  But how? I'm afraid I cannot understand the help it gives:

  c:\svn\release25-maint\Modules\_ctypes>svnmerge -h init
  usage: svnmerge init [OPTION...] [HEAD]

  Initialize merge tracking from HEAD on the current working directory.

  If HEAD is specified, all the revisions in HEAD are marked as already merged; if this is not correct, you can use
  --revision to specify the exact list of already-merged revisions.

  If HEAD is omitted, then it is computed from the "svn cp" history of the current working directory (searching back for the branch point); in this case, svnmerge assumes that no revision has been integrated yet since the branch point (unless you teach it with --revision).

  Command options:
    -f [--commit-file] FILE : set the name of the file where the suggested log message is written to (default:
                              svnmerge-commit-message.txt)
    -r [--revision] REVLIST : specify a revision list, consisting of revision numbers and ranges separated by commas,
                              e.g., "534,537-539,540"

  Global options:
    -F [--force]        : force operation even if the working copy is not clean, or there are pending updates
    -n [--dry-run]      : don't actually change anything, just pretend; implies --show-changes
    -s [--show-changes] : show subversion commands that make changes
    -v [--verbose]      : verbose mode: output more information about progress
    -h [--help]         : show help for this command and exit
    -V [--version]      : show version info and exit

  c:\svn\release25-maint\Modules\_ctypes>

Thanks,
Thomas