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- Selecting the Source and Target
+ Selecting the Source and Target for stable/10 and
+ newer.
+
+ Starting with the stable/10 branch all merges should be
+ merged to and committed from the root of the
+ branch. All merges should look like:
+
+ &prompt.user; svn merge -c r123456 ^/head/ checkout
+&prompt.user; svn commit checkout
+
+ Note that checkout should
+ be a complete checkout of the branch to which the merge
+ occurs.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Selecting the Source and Target for stable/9 and
+ older.
Because of mergeinfo propagation, it is important to
choose the source and target for the merge carefully to