[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guus Leeuw) writes:
>
> HEAD: 1.4
> BRANCH1_HEAD: 1.2.1.1
> BRANCH2_HEAD: 1.3.1.1
>
> What's the common branchpoint for BRANCH2_HEAD and BRANCH1_HEAD?
> There isn't any... untill we hit 1.1(.1.1)... Which is too way back in the past.
What is the definition of "too way back in the past"? Any two versions
in cvs have a common branchpoint *somewhere* in the past, and that point
"is what it is"; I don't see how any point would be "too far".
The common branchpoint (according to what I *meant*, at least ;-) of
1.2.1.1 and 1.3.1.1, btw, is 1.2, not 1.1:
(*)
1.1 --- 1.2 --- 1.3 --- 1.4
\ \
\ \-- 1.3.1.1 --- 1.3.1.2
\
\-- 1.2.1.1 --- 1.2.1.2
As an example, a log of changes between 1.3.1.2 and 1.2.1.2 would be:
- 1.3.1.2 log
- 1.3.1.1 log
- 1.3 log
+ 1.2.1.1 log
+ 1.2.1.2 log
(Note to purists: Yes, I realize that CVS would itself never choose
x.x.1.1 for any branch (except for 1.1.1.1 for the vendor branch). If
it makes you feel better, just replace all 1.x.1.x with 1.x.2.x ;-)
(Note 2: I'm not actually suggesting that somebody *should* implement
this, just pointing out that the raw information is available, it is
possible, and someone sufficiently motivated *could* implement it if
they wanted.)
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