I agree too. I would rather just leave it there myself, but space is the issue we are concerned. Thanks for the input.
-Curt Stanton IMS Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Helmer To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 6/11/02 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Pruning A Branch Hello, I agree. The whole point of version control is that you keep track of the history of your project. Selectively removing history is not conducive to that goal, the whole point is that you never know when you may need a change that seems insignificant at the time. Thanks, Rob On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 04:59:14PM -0400, Eric Siegerman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 03:46:59PM -0400, Stanton, Curt (NCI/IMS) wrote: > > Is it possible to prune a branch from CVS? > > Possible, but not easy. (You can remove the branch *tag* easily > enough. The branch's revisions will all still be there, though > -- but with no tag to identify the branch's history and purpose.) > > Better would be to merge the changes back into the mainline, if > appropriate; then leave the branch there and just ignore it. > > -- > > | | /\ > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | / > Anyone who swims with the current will reach the big music steamship; > whoever swims against the current will perhaps reach the source. > - Paul Schneider-Esleben > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
