As described here http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2013-01/0567.shtml , merge notifications are a bit off when incoming changes land in a subtree which the merger doesn't have access to. Given this authz: [[[ [merge_authz_tests-4:/A/C] jrandom= [merge_authz_tests-4:/] jrandom=rw ]]] ### And these changes to merge from ^/A to branch: >svn diff --summarize ^^/A -r1:3 A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z/nu A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O/P A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N/O A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M/N A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L/M A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K/L A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J/K A http://localhost/svn-test-work/repositories/merge_authz_tests-4/A/C/J ### The merge erroneously shows additions within the unreadable ### (and missing from the WC) subdirectory: >svn merge ^^/A branch -r1:3 Skipped missing target: 'branch\C' A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z\nu A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O\P A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N\O A branch\C\J\K\L\M\N A branch\C\J\K\L\M A branch\C\J\K\L A branch\C\J\K A branch\C\J --- Recording mergeinfo for merge of r2 through r3 into 'branch': U branch Summary of conflicts: Skipped paths: 1 ### The WC is still correct though, showing only mergeinfo mods: >svn st M branch >svn pl -vR Properties on 'branch': svn:mergeinfo /A:2-3* C:\SVN\src-trunk\Debug\subversion\tests\cmdline\svn-test-work\working_copies\merge_authz_tests-4>