Re: Branch Numbers

[Jim Hyslop]

SUBRAMANIAN, SARAVANAN (SBCSI) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How Branch Numbers are formed Internally in CVS.
> I read the manual it is really confusing.
> We have two branches, after we created the second branch, when the
> developers start committing the files,
>
> I found out that one file is committed with 1.12.2.1
> And other with 1.1.4.1
>
> Please help me found the why there is a difference in the above?

Larry and Kaz have given some excellent basic information to answer your 
question. I will add this, though: forget about it.

Revision numbers should, for the most part, be treated as "black boxes" 
that have no meaning to you and me, only to the program itself.

--
Jim