Re: Do we have an alternative to tag, to record status of cvs repo

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 20:18:26 (+0530), Satya Prasad DV wrote: ]
> Subject: Do we have an alternative to tag, to record status of cvs repo
>
> In our orgn, we need to keep track of the code base status after each 
> engineer's check in is done. We were using tagging to keep track of this. 
> But the huge number of tags getting created over a long time have made the 
> CVS repository bloated with tags. This is also making the sync. of 
> repository with our branch located elsewhere too long.

I think what you really should do is convert to using a versioning tool
that is based on the idea of maintaining a working baseline.

I would suggest Aegis:

        <URL:http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/aegis.html>

It's either that or you'll have to use branches in CVS a lot more extensively.

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