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Re: Branching
From: |
Gaurav Vaish |
Subject: |
Re: Branching |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:18:12 +0530 |
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:
>
> > > > 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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