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Re: Main branch tips
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Main branch tips |
Date: |
Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:39:20 -0500 (EST) |
address@hidden writes:
>
> For any branch but the main one I can refer to latest source code versions
> using simply the branch name.
> Is there some way (or special tag) which will allow me to refer to the
> "tips" of main branch, so I can use:
> cvs diff -r some_branch -r main_branch
For most things you can use "HEAD", but diff takes "HEAD" to mean the
head of the current branch rather than the head of the trunk. Unless
you've mucked with the revision numbers, the trunk will be branch 1, so
you can use the revision "1" to refer to it.
-Larry Jones
Your gender would be a lot more tolerable if it wasn't so darn cynical!
-- Calvin