Re: Knowing that a merge has happened

[John Minnihan]

address@hidden wrote:

> Steve Bement wrote:
>
>
> > I'm struggling with one point regarding merging.  I understand the
> > mechanics/commands of how to do the merge, but once the merge is done, I
> > can see know way of knowing that it happened.
>
> You could mention it in the commit message after the merge.
>
> Derek
>
> --
> Derek Price                      CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org )
> mailto:address@hidden         CollabNet ( http://collab.net )
> --

The appropriate way to handle this is to pre-tag the contributor & 
target and post-tag the target.  Beware of the race condition though; 
freeze your repository (using whatever technique works for you) during 
the tag ops and the join.

--
John Minnihan
mailto:address@hidden
http://www.freepository.com