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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Lithe Branching


From: James Blackwell
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Lithe Branching
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:38:23 -0400

> My experience with Bitkeeper was that such things are _really_
> simple - "bk clone src(dir/archive) dst(dir/archive)", which
> is essentially just cp -r src dst, since history is within
> the working tree.

Our version is to have the following untested  script in /usr/local/bin
which does the following:

/usr/local/bin/fork :

$ cp -a $1 $1
$ cd $2
$ tla tag -s `tla tree-version` $3
$ tla set-tree-version $3; tla sync-tree $3
$ cd ..


Then, you can type: 

$ fork olddir newdir mynew--project--0


> This Bitkeeper approach is what I am terming "lithe branching"
> for the purposes of this email, and is a concept that I think
> would be well worth making clear how to do - I believe it's a
> powerful tool for developers to get to know.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Zenaan
>
>
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