merging trunk into MELT branch: svn merge or svnmerge merge?

[Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile at starynkevitch dot net>]

Hello All,

I'm trying to have the MELT branch following as closely as possible the 
GCC trunk. I'm on Debian/Sid/AMD64 and have both svn (version 
1.4.6dfsg1-1 of package subversion) and svnmerge (in package 
subversion-tools of same version) which is coded in Python (I've got 
version 2.4.4)

But I probably misunderstood what is the best tool for merging the GCC 
trunk into the MELT branch. Usually the merging is straightforward, 
because the MELT branch is mostly new files. Occasionnaly, I have to 
"merge" by hand (i.e. handle conflicts, typically in gcc/passes.c).

What is the best tool to use, svnmerge or the merge subcommand of svn?

I'm quite confused actually. I tried to use svnmerge but I tend to think 
it didn't do what I expect.

Ideally either a reference or the full sequence of commands to run would 
be helpful (assuming I can restart from pristine MELT branch & trunk)

I'm sorry to ask, but I remember having read both hints.... I suppose 
svnmerge is some wrapper above svn merge, but I know have doubts. And I 
am not a Subversion expert. I know only the few commands I'm using daily...

Regards.
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