Re: Missing file in EMACS_22_BASE (GIT repo)

[Andreas Schwab]

Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>> The EMACS_22_BRANCHPOINT tag is supposed to be there as an aid to
>>> automated merging.
>>>     
>>
>> No.  The tag is supposed to represent the branch point exactly.
>>   
>
> Right. It represents the point where each file was branched from the
> trunk, as an aid to automated merging.

It has nothing to do with merging.  It is *the* branch point and
represents the tree directly *before* branching.  The recommended
procedure for branching is to create a tag and _then_ create the branch
based on this tag.

>> The emacs-unicode-2-base tag is indeed a moving tag.
>>   
>
> It's not moving, it is fixed on version 1.1, the branchpoint for the
> emacs-unicode-2 branch.

That revision never existed on that branch, only on the trunk.

Andreas.

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