Re: Turning a branch into a new branch

[Richard Cobbe]

Lo, on Saturday, February 3, Dorthe Luebbert did write:

> Hi,
> 
> I have the following scenario:
> 
> 1. I checked out branch VERSION-A
> 2. I modified some files locally
> 3. I want to create from the these files VERSION-B
> 
> CVS asks me to commit the modified files first. But I would commit them
> to VERSION-A, though they should not exist in VERSION A. 
> 
> Any ideas?

Ideally, you would have branched before you made your local modifications.
All is not lost, however; if you branch now, it will root the branch at the
most recent *committed* revisions, which will not include your local
modifications.  Then, simply make sure that your working copy is on the
branch, then commit, and off you go.

Richard