-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lemke, Michael IZ/HZA-IOP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, this whole thing makes me realize I > don't really understand vendor branches. What's > different from ordinary ones? The vendor branch more closely models the RCS branching model. The initial import creates version 1.1 of a file and then 1.1.1.1 immediately afterward while at the same time changing the RCS branch to '1.1.1' and laying down a vendor tag label on the '1.1.1' RCS branch and the vendor version tag gets put onto 1.1.1.1. So, an imported version is always a real RCS branch. A cvs 'magic' branch has a tag name associated with a 'number' that looks like the base version of the file followed by the magical '.0' followed by an even number selected after looking at the other CVS 'magic' branch tags in the file. This 'magic' branch does not actually consume any delta record space in the RCS file until after you make a commit to the branch. This is also known as doing a 'lazy' allocation. > Just that the trunk helps itself to grab a > version from it if it doesn't have one yet? The > Cederqvist seems a bit short on it but maybe I > should study it again. And what's that default > branch stuff? Mostly it is where the RCS view of the file collides with the CVS view of the world... If you really want to read more details, you probably need to dive into the doc/RCSFILES in one of the CVS releases and then read up in Cederqvist on "RCS History" and "RCS, importing files from" ... You may also find it helpful to read http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html (although I can't recall how deeply Karl covered import and vendor related stuff in his book). > > However, Chris also provided a proof of > > concept set of shell scripts to help you in > > the short term. > > > > Thanks, but that's a bit too hot for me messing > with the repository files directly. Yeah, I can understand that point of view too. :-) > Anyway, thanks y'all for the quick help. Glad I > asked. > > Michael Good luck, -- Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA/+1W3x41pRYZE/gRAs8VAJ4wfNnR9za8QYWeJ5e946rRjibrkgCfeyf0 /LTsitM45+hqn1nYSdUNoAM= =UCYg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
