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Re: branching
From: |
Rob Helmer |
Subject: |
Re: branching |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:21:01 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
Hello Ted,
cvs status -v
should give you the info you want.
Use "cvs diff" to see differences between tags/dates.
This is also pretty easy to script out if you have specific
requirements.
HTH,
Rob Helmer
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:01:56PM -0700, Ted Teddy wrote:
> Ok..lets assume..we got n branches from main trunk.
> Now Im in main trunk. I want to see..how many branches
> are there?
>
> b) what are the files are different between main trunk
> and branch? if so..what branch name or number?
>
> thanks
>
> --- Ted Teddy <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Ok...
> >
> > I was playing around branching...
> >
> > i created a folder cvs_test. and a java file called
> > test.java in it
> >
> > executed following cmd
> > cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
> > (So i created a branch called
> > rel-1-0-patches)Correct
> > me if Im wrong!
> >
> > did :
> > cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
> >
> > when i do cvs update on test.java it tells me im on
> > branch 1.2.2. Thats fine..
> > now i make changes..1.2.3 , 1.2.4 in branch and
> > commit
> > it.
> >
> > Now if I want to work on same file, test.java which
> > is
> > on main trunk.. how do i do that?
> > how do i switch to main trunk and start working on
> > that file...
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Shailesh Garg <address@hidden
> > lickmarks.com> wrote:
> > > Does anybody know about name of big companies
> > using
> > > CVS?
> > >
> > >
> > > -Shailesh
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kostur, Andre [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:56 AM
> > > To: 'Lucas Chan'; 'address@hidden'
> > > Subject: RE: Use of CVS on large scales
> > >
> > >
> > > Let's see, other major projects using CVS....
> > >
> > > KDE?
> > > Mozilla?
> > > anything on SourceForge.net?
> > > come to think of it, I think _Sourceforge.net_
> > > itself is in CVS?
> > >
> > > We actually looked at a few source code control
> > > tools, and we couldn't
> > > justify the astronomical costs of ClearCase. If
> > CVS
> > > wasn't our choice,
> > > our
> > > next one was going to be Perforce.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Lucas Chan
> > [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2001 6:41 PM
> > > To: 'address@hidden'
> > > Subject: Use of CVS on large scales
> > >
> > >
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > We are currently looking at implementing some kind
> > > of version control
> > > system. We have been trialling CVS for the past
> > few
> > > weeks, storing
> > > sources
> > > on a FreeBSD machine and using WinCVS on our
> > > development machines. It
> > > seems
> > > that this is exactly what we're looking for.
> > >
> > > I have struck a problem that I'm hoping some of
> > you
> > > can help me with.
> > >
> > > Our company hired a "testing expert" a week or so
> > > ago, and he is
> > > currently
> > > opposing our move to roll out WinCVS.
> > >
> > > This is because:
> > > a) He's never heard of it.
> > > b) He doubts that it is scalable enough for us.
> > > c) He believes that anything that's free _must_
> > have
> > > disadvantages (as
> > > opposed to Clearcase for example).
> > >
> > > This didn't go down too well with me (or my team)
> > > because:
> > > a) For someone who's supposed to be an expert on
> > > testing systems, it
> > > surprises me that he's never heard of CVS.
> > > b) When talking about scalability, I gave the
> > > example that FreeBSD
> > > itself is
> > > maintained using CVS. i.e. implying that we're
> > only
> > > building web sites,
> > > not
> > > whole operating systems. This didn't seem to be
> > > good enough evidence
> > > for
> > > him.
> > > c) And of course, I'm a FreeBSD and Open Source
> > fan.
> > >
> > > So, to cut to the chase... it would be great if
> > some
> > > of you could show
> > > me
> > > where to find further information about CVS.
> > >
> > > I'm particularly interested in it's uses for
> > > (really)large scale
> > > projects,
> > > perhaps even some stats on the quantity of sources
> > > it can maintain, any
> > > advantages it has over commercial source control
> > > products, etc. I've
> > > checked out the CVS web site but none of the
> > > information there was
> > > useful in
> > > this context.
> > >
> > > Something like... a case study of a large software
> > > company using CVS
> > > would
> > > be pefect (I imagine).
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time everyone.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > [ lucas ]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [ the ego has landed ]
> > >
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