(I forgot to send this to bug-cvs too.) --- Stephen Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 19:50:03 -0700 (PDT) > From: Stephen Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: A branch-tag name for the trunk! maybe. (was RE: diff bug when > using HEAD) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (that's me) wrote: > > [smc] "TRUNK" sounds useful, "HEAD" as > described here, less so, since the branch > tag may currently be used for that purpose, > (though it might be useful for scripts or > something that don't want to have to > know what the branch tag is, or in the case > of some kind of hybrid sandbox with > modules from multiple branches (or even > multiple repositorires?)) > But, does anyone here know how to > implement either HEAD or TRUNK as > described here? ,, I don't know how. > Well, perhaps someone does... > > Heck, perhaps *I* do, after all. I've > implemented *something* anyway, a ".trunk" > tag that acts very very much like a > branch tag for the trunk. You can > "cvs diff", "cvs add", "cvs remove", > "cvs update", "cvs checkout", "cvs > commit" using this tag. Also it doesn't > break the current behavior of "no tag > means the trunk". "cvs update -A" will > get rid of the sticky ".trunk pseudo > branch tag" too, and "cvs update -r .trunk" > will bring it back... > > Anyway, you can check out my attempt > at a patch here, if you have the inclination. > > http://www.geocities.com/dotslashstar/branch_patch.html > The patch is against the current (6/8/2000) development > version of CVS. > > The patch leaves the current (broken) > behavior of HEAD as is, ".trunk" does > what HEAD should have done, I think. > > (There aren't any sanity.sh tests yet... > and I haven't tried it in client server mode yet, > and don't try this on a real repository yet, etc. > etc. I think it works, but I wouldn't want to > ruin anybody's day with what could easily be > shoddy code, you know? Consider yourself > warned. > > There's some stuff there in commit.c that I > wasn't really too sure about..., but it seemed > to work on the things that I tried... > > -- steve > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
