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Re: cvs vs. clearcase?


From: Kaz Kylheku
Subject: Re: cvs vs. clearcase?
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:40:51 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Andrew DeFaria wrote:

> How many times do you alter the source code to provide site specific 
> functionality? And what do you do when the next version of CVS comes out?

You merge!

On a previous job, I maintained site-specific extensions to WinCVS, and
merged them against new public releases.

(In one case, the merge was quite difficult, because the framework for
handling columns in the file browsing view was rewritten, so the
columns I added had to be retargetted to that framework).

Most of the merges were easy though.

Of course, I used CVS for the merging.

These days, I'd use my Meta-CVS, which has better support for tracking
third-party sources. A normal branch can be used as a vendor branch,
and the import tool ``mcvs grab'' figures out renames (and looks at
symbolic link reconfigurations and execute permission changes too).
So merging is possible even if you have locally renamed or moved some 
files, and the new snapshot does the same.

-- 
Meta-CVS: the working replacement for CVS that has been stable for two
years.  It versions the directory structure, symbolic links and execute
permissions. It figures out renaming on import. Plus it babysits the kids
and does light housekeeping! http://freshmeat.net/projects/mcvs








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