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Merging trunk changes into a branch


From: John Daniel Doucette
Subject: Merging trunk changes into a branch
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:43:29 -0300

Hi,

'HEAD' is the special reserved tag that refers to the tip of the trunk in CVS. To merge trunk changes into a branch, checkout a working copy of the branch, then do an 'update -j HEAD'. It should merge changes from the tip of the trunk into the working copy of the branch. Resolve any conflicts, update -r <branch-name> to remove branch sticky tags, then commit. According to CVS documentation, "Karl Fogel", red-bean.com, 'HEAD' can be used anywheres a revision is required. However, I have found that it doesn't always work if used as a revision parameter to the 'cvs diff' command.

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