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RE: cross-directory merge


From: Adam Jenkins
Subject: RE: cross-directory merge
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:28:35 +1100


sounds great...does it work with standard cvs clients


-----Original Message-----
From: Kaz Kylheku [mailto:address@hidden]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:16 PM
To: Adam Jenkins
Cc: 'address@hidden'
Subject: Re: cross-directory merge


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Adam Jenkins wrote:

> Where "MYBRANCH" is the production code (currently unders support) and HEAD
> is the new development code base.  Lets again say I have to reorganise the
> files (rename and move files and directories -- in particular, do a massive
> java refactor) on HEAD.  Then lets say I have to do a bug fix on MYBRANCH,
> and merge that bugfix down to HEAD to make sure it's been replicated.  How
> would I go about doing my directory/file moves so that I could still do the
> merge later.

This problem is tackled in Meta-CVS, by design.

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