Re: branching

[Rob Helmer]

cvs update -A

will bring your file(s) up to the latest revision on the
trunk.



HTH,
Rob Helmer


On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:03:42PM -0700, Ted Teddy wrote:
> Ok...
> 
> I was playing around branching...
> 
> i created a folder cvs_test. and a java file called
> test.java in it
> 
> executed following cmd
> cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
> (So i created a branch called rel-1-0-patches)Correct
> me if Im wrong!
> 
> did :
> cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
> 
> when i do cvs update on test.java it tells me im on
> branch 1.2.2. Thats fine..
> now i make changes..1.2.3 , 1.2.4 in branch and commit
> it.
> 
> Now if I want to work on same file, test.java which is
> on main trunk.. how do i do that?
> how do i switch to main trunk and start working on
> that file...
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Shailesh Garg <address@hidden
> lickmarks.com> wrote:
> > Does anybody know about name of big companies using
> > CVS?
> > 
> > 
> > -Shailesh
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kostur, Andre [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:56 AM
> > To: 'Lucas Chan'; 'address@hidden'
> > Subject: RE: Use of CVS on large scales
> > 
> > 
> > Let's see, other major projects using CVS....
> > 
> > KDE?
> > Mozilla?
> > anything on SourceForge.net?
> > come to think of it, I think _Sourceforge.net_
> > itself is in CVS?
> > 
> > We actually looked at a few source code control
> > tools, and we couldn't
> > justify the astronomical costs of ClearCase.  If CVS
> > wasn't our choice,
> > our
> > next one was going to be Perforce.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lucas Chan [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2001 6:41 PM
> > To: 'address@hidden'
> > Subject: Use of CVS on large scales
> > 
> > 
> > Guys,
> > 
> > We are currently looking at implementing some kind
> > of version control
> > system.  We have been trialling CVS for the past few
> > weeks, storing
> > sources
> > on a FreeBSD machine and using WinCVS on our
> > development machines.  It
> > seems
> > that this is exactly what we're looking for.
> > 
> > I have struck a problem that I'm hoping some of you
> > can help me with.
> > 
> > Our company hired a "testing expert" a week or so
> > ago, and he is
> > currently
> > opposing our move to roll out WinCVS.
> > 
> > This is because:
> > a) He's never heard of it.
> > b) He doubts that it is scalable enough for us.
> > c) He believes that anything that's free _must_ have
> > disadvantages (as
> > opposed to Clearcase for example).
> > 
> > This didn't go down too well with me (or my team)
> > because:
> > a) For someone who's supposed to be an expert on
> > testing systems, it
> > surprises me that he's never heard of CVS.
> > b) When talking about scalability, I gave the
> > example that FreeBSD
> > itself is
> > maintained using CVS.  i.e. implying that we're only
> > building web sites,
> > not
> > whole operating systems.  This didn't seem to be
> > good enough evidence
> > for
> > him.
> > c) And of course, I'm a FreeBSD and Open Source fan.
> > 
> > So, to cut to the chase... it would be great if some
> > of you could show
> > me
> > where to find further information about CVS.
> > 
> > I'm particularly interested in it's uses for
> > (really)large scale
> > projects,
> > perhaps even some stats on the quantity of sources
> > it can maintain, any
> > advantages it has over commercial source control
> > products, etc.  I've
> > checked out the CVS web site but none of the
> > information there was
> > useful in
> > this context.
> > 
> > Something like... a case study of a large software
> > company using CVS
> > would
> > be pefect (I imagine).
> > 
> > Thanks for your time everyone.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > [ lucas ]
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [ the ego has landed ]
> > 
> > 
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