title: Eclipse SVN : how to use Compare With ... branch?
body: <p>In Eclipse with SVN, I would like to see which changes (line by line!) are done in another branch (or trunk) and then decide for each changed file if I want to keep my working copy version or the changed file.</p>
  
  <p>I think this is the way it should work, but apparently it doesn't in SVN/Eclipse. I tried the merge functions, and I kept getting tree conflicts, trunk out of date errors, etc. Even with a very simple project with only 2 files in it, everything goes wrong. The automated merge thing just doesn't work for me ! You have absolutely no control of what is actually going to happen to your files, and end up with a totally ruined working copy, in the case of conflicts.  Which you have to fix AFTER the merge!</p>
  
  <p>I do like the Compare With-function to compare branches with each other though. But I couldn't find any way to practically use this to update changed files. All I get is a nice treeview with all changed files, and the possibility to compare the actual changes, but no way of marking the changes as merged!</p>
  
  <p>It seems what I want is just not possible with Compare With ?
  Is there NO other tool at all then where you have <em>total</em> control of your merges ?  Maybe I should change to GIT or Mercurial?!  </p>
  
  <p>Any idea's about the subject are welcome...</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>UPDATE</em></strong>:</p>
  
  <p>Found these alternative SVN clients myself, both look promising for dealing with changes in different branches:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.syncrosvnclient.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.syncrosvnclient.com/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.smartsvn.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.smartsvn.com/</a></p>