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Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.org,
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	Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>, Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r195485 - in stable/7/sys: . contrib/pf kern
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Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> However, the bit that I don't understand about the original commit and
> its update of the contrib/pf mergeinfo is why it's updated at all
> [...]

Because svn needs to record that the revision you merged into sys was
also merged into sys/contrib/pf.

> Having said all that, svn's --depth switch allows partially sparse tree
> checkouts, and it's always possible to svn revert part of a merge
> before committing.

Don't.  You'd just make things worse.

Read http://wiki.freebsd.org/SubversionPrimer and its subpages.

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