Re: Branching

[Gaurav Vaish]

Thanks!
  The thread comes to an end now!

  Thanks for bearing with me.

Cheers,
Gaurav Vaish
http://gallery.mastergaurav.org
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:08:57 -0700, Mark D. Baushke <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Gaurav Vaish <address@hidden> writes:
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> > > >    Let me know if whatever I've understood is
> > > >    correct or not.
> > >
> > > Looks like you do so far.
> >
> >    Great!
> >
> >    One last query. After I've commited some files in the branch_name,
> > how do I get the latest revision of the same?
> 
> cvs update
> 
> 
> >    Will "cvs co -b branch_name module" give me the latest revision on
> > the branch? If so, how do I get the revision on which the branch was
> > created?
> 
> It is typically a good idea to create a version tag at the same time as
> you create the branch tag. Something like this:
> 
>   cvs tag branch_name_BP
>   cvs tag -b branch_name
> 
> which will allow you to always know what you have put into the
> branch_name branch using a simple
> 
>    cvs diff -up -rbranch_name_BP -rbranch_name
> 
> >    And I hope, doing just "cvs co module" gives me the latest revision
> > on the "main trunk".
> 
> 'cvs co' does a new checkout and is passed full modules on the command line.
> 
> 'cvs up' does an update of the current branch and you pass local
> directories or filenames on the command line to be selective about your
> update.
> 
>        Enjoy!
>        -- Mark
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