Sorry - Having never done *software* releases" with CVS myself, I misphrased my query. What I really meant was 'cvs export'. In other words, we do a 'cvs export' of a tagged branch as part of our release process. I wanted to capture the tag name of the cvs-*exported* branch by processing a CVS variable in a file. This does not seem possible.
Regards, Sonam > Hmm, Maybe this reply does not address the original post. > > I think the reason why *release* was in quotes is to not imply the > release command but rather an individual's "release" process. I too am > interested in how to expand a label or symbolic tag into a file. This > would be handy for building tags and making them available for download > from a script. This is what I do when I "release" software. > > ,John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaz Kylheku > Sent: Sat 4/6/2002 7:56 PM > To: Sonam Chauhan > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Symbolic tag information after a 'cvs >release' > > > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Sonam Chauhan wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:03 +1000 > > From: Sonam Chauhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [info-cvs] Symbolic tag information after a 'cvs > release' > > >> When 'releasing' a cvs module, is it possible to output the > symbolic tag of the > > current release to a disk file? (the obvious choice would be > using placeholder > > What? ``Symbolic tag of the current release'' isn't a CVS > concept; > there is no notion of a current release. That is an ontology > which you > impose on your tags, usually by applying some kind of software > release > process. > > The (perhaps ill-named) cvs release command implements a > discipline for > destroying a checked out copy. It has nothing to do with making > a > software release. > > -- > Meta-CVS: solid version control tool with directory structure > versioning. > http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/mcvs.html > http://freshmeat.net/projects/mcvs > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
