I'm not sure exactly what's going wrong here, but the length of the revision
numbers is a signal (though by no means a definitive one) that something's awry
with your process (ie you're creating branches off of branches off of branches
...). Although such a scheme is described in "Streamed Lines"
(http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/acme/branching/), there are alternatives that
I would prefer (ie merge back into mainline, create a new branch, and abandon
the old one).
Noel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/25/2000 04:07:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: (bcc: Noel L Yap)
Subject: CVS revision numbers limitation
Hello
Is there a limitation for the size of the revision number for a file in
CVS/RCS?
I am using CVS v1.6.
I have a file which when committed to the repository had the revison number
1.54.12.1.2.1.2.1.2.6.2.2.2.5 and when I rtag'ed it for a new branch CVS
tagged it with revision number 1.54.12.1.2.1.2.1.2.6.2.2.2.5.0.2.
While rtagging it gave the following warning
rcs warning: empty descriptive text
Now when I try to check out the file using the tag associated with this
revision number, CVS cannot check it out. The error obtained is as follows
co error, line 432: Can't find delta for revision 1.54
co aborted
cvs checkout: could not check out <filename>
what can be the possible reason for the above and what could be the
workarounds for the same?
Any Inputs would be highly useful.
Thanks.
Regds
Kit
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