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Re: Branches in CVS repository?
Nick Clifton dixit:
> * It documents when the branch was started without having to look in the
> logs.
It does not.
a b
mainline []---------[]------------[]-------------[]--------------[]----...
\ \
\ \____
\ \
branch []----[]-----[]-------[]---------[]----[]----[]-...
c d
You just merge to -rbranch the differences between a and b (-ja -jb)
when you're at c, thus creating d. Now d is obviously not based
upon mainline 'a' but mainline 'b'.
bye,
//mirabile (managing a cvs with about 97k files)