I feel I am misled by the cederqvist. On one hand, in Section A.10.2.1 of
the 1.12.12 manual, it says "You can commit to a branch revision with the
-r option." On the other hand, in Section A.10.1 under "-r revision" it
says "You cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch." Do I
misunderstand it or is this a very serious bug in the cederqvist?
I haven't checked in detail, but I suspect the answer is: You have to
distinguish between a "specific revision" and a "branch revision".
If the tag 'branch-tag' is a branch, referring to branh 1.2.2, then you can
'cvs ci -r branch-tag' but you cannot 'cvs ci -r 1.2.2.1'.
At least, that's what I suspect the difference is.
Are you saying if there is an existing branch 1.2.2, and a branch-tag
pointing to it, then I can
cvs commit -r branch-tag?
Well, if that's true, then I would say the manual is wrong. A "branch
revision" is a revision, based on generally accepted usage of the English
language, just like a tall man is a man, a black dog is a dog. But look at
how the cederqvist defines the term "revision" - Section 4: "Each revision
of a file has a unique revision number ... [that] look[s] like 1.2, 1.3.2.2
or even 1.3.2.2.4.5. A revision number always has an even number of ...
decimal integers." That is, a branch like 1.2.2, which has an odd number of
integers, is not a revision. That makes sense, because "revision" indicates
changes. If no changes, then no revision. A branch does not involve
changes. If it says "You can commit to a branch with the -r option", I can
understand the difference though it would be much clearer to say "
You can commit to a branch tag with the -r option". Oh wait, actually what
it says is "You can commit to a branch revision (one that has an even number
of dots) with the -r option". Darn! Here it just creates a term "branch
revision" that is not a revision as defined in Sec 4. And I got confused
with an even number of dots and an even number of integers. What a nice way
to confuse readers!
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