Andy Gibbs wrote: [...] > (1) A user wishes to split a large source file into two, uses copy to > link the second file to the common ancestor and makes the various > modifications to both files to remove from each the duplicate > code where required, and commits. The commit history for the > files can then show how the file forked.
I do this all the time with svn; usually by copying a generic version of a file to a platform-specific directory, then adding the platform-specific code. It's also particularly useful when taking a directory of platform-specific code and dividing it up into subplatforms. -- ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ───── http://www.cowlark.com ───── │ "Parents let children ride bicycles on the street. But parents do not │ allow children to hear vulgar words. Therefore we can deduce that │ cursing is more dangerous than being hit by a car." --- Scott Adams
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