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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