Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] feature plan -- downstream branches

[Bug Goo]

Created as bug 121

On Tue May 25 01:30:32 2004, Tom Lord wrote:
> 
> The ':' character should be permitted in branch names but
> have a slightly special meaning.
> 
> A branch name of the form:
> 
>       PREFIX:SUFFIX
> 
> is the name of a branch which is said to have a "downstream name" 
> relative to a branch named PREFIX.
> 
> The longest PREFIX for which the new branch has a downstream name is
> said to have "the immediate upstream name" of the new branch.
> 
> For example:
> 
>       branch name                     immediate upstream name
> 
>       tla--devo:selected-commit--1.3  tla--devo--1.3
>       tla--devo:ssh--1.3              tla--devo--1.3
>       tla--devo:ssh:bugs--1.3         tla--devo:ssh--1.3
>         
> Most commands that list branches should, by default, suppress any
> output for : branches.   With an option, : branches should be 
> printed.
> 
> -t
> 
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