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RE: Versioning between checkout|update, commit


From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng
Subject: RE: Versioning between checkout|update, commit
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:45:26 +0100 (WEST)

Thank you for the responses...
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Paul Sander wrote:

> Some shops also implement a handoff mechanism that divorces the notion
> of "latest committed" from "candidate for integration".  That allows
> the developers to commit with impunity without fear that the world
> would see something inappropriately.

Yes, some places seem to do this with different branches...
>
> --- Forwarded mail from sharpd(.--.-.)cisco.com
>
> Create your own private branch to do work on.  When you want to save
> work, commit the code.
> When you are done, merge the changes down.

The book "Open Source Development with CVS" says that you should
keep few branches active at any one time.  I'm wondering if there
are penalties (apart from storage costs) when many contributors
create their own branches?

Also, doesn't having a separate branch for your own development make
doing an update in between edits more difficult?
>
> Other possibilities include implementing a backup system that takes
> hourly snapshots....

Yes, but it would be less flexible than SCCS, I think...
>
> --- End of forwarded message from sharpd(.--.-.)cisco.com
>
>

MKlinke <mklinke(.--.-.)axsi.com> wrote

> I've been known to keep my own private CVS repository going where I
> can keep track of my own changes until it's ready to be put into the
> "official" repository.

How does the knowledge about the two repositories interoperate? I
mean, after you have committed to yours a few times, any commit will
go to that rather than the original repository, won't it?

If one has only read-only access to the main repository, that is OK,
because one will send in patches, but this will still change
$Revision$ fields, asynchronously with the server.  -ko etc would
work around that.  Maybe this reduction in information is acceptable
given the cvs status command, but I don't have enough experience to
judge that.
>
> Regards,  Mike Klinke


        Thank you,
        Hugh




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