Re: Help on newly added files on branch

[Todd Denniston]

Sumanth M wrote:
> I need to branch the newly added file with out having version on main. I
> know that I can do it by
> cvs ci -r branch_name filename
> so that it will  create versions  1.1.2.1 , 1.1.2.2 etc.
>
> But I have a requirement in which created versions should be of 10.1.2.1,
> 10.1.2.2 etc
>
> Also we know that cvs finds the highest numbered revision of any file in
> the  directory, takes the first digit, and assigns a revision of <digit>.1
> to new files, but why this one is also not happening in the above case.
>
> Suppose  I have  10.1 revision in my directory and when i am doing "cvs ci
> -r branch_name filename", still its creating the revisions starting with
> digit 1 ,instead of 10
>
> Can any one help me on this??
>
> Thanks
> sumanth

Although you can, do what you ask the way you asked, it is NOT advised.

Those REVISION numbers are for CVS's book keeping, and you humans should 
ignore them.  Remember REVISION numbers are for CVS, _TAGS_ are for humans.


The answers (to even the question you asked) can be found at the following link:
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#Is_there_a_way_to_change_the_versions_of_files_to_2.X.3F

Please definitely read "How to go back..." and "Re: Updating revision number 
on a branch." from that link before executing the revision changes.

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Todd Denniston
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