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Re: Branches in CVS repository?

Richard Earnshaw wrote:
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 20:28, Andrew Cagney wrote:

Fair enough - if I am the only one who thinks that these dates would be helpful then I am not going to insist on them.

Yes, agreed, the date is very helpful (it should be YYYYMMDD). It's especially helpful when identifying exact branch and merge points - the nature of cvs is such that "cvs log" is not exact. Andrew


I'll say it again. I really, *really*, hate dates in this context.

to which I wrote:

>> Besides, there's
>>nothing to stop the person cutting the branch from using "cvs admin" to
>>create a shorter alias for the currently active longer tag.

have a nice day,
Andrew

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