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Re: Major revision number compatibility?
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Major revision number compatibility? |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:02:29 -0500 (EST) |
Eric Siegerman writes:
>
> Because CVS provides no way to specify that new files should get
> a major revision number other than 1, people have to remember to
> do it manually. *Every* time. If they forget -- and they will,
> being human -- your revision-numbering scheme goes out the
> window.
It's not that bad -- when committing a newly added file, CVS looks
through all the files in the same directory to find the maximum major
revision number and uses that for the new file.
It's still not a good idea to try to use the file revision numbers for
your own purposes, though.
-Larry Jones
I think grown-ups just ACT like they know what they're doing. -- Calvin