[PD-dev] branching advice

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:24 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Anyone have any good advice on making a branch in CVS? Or perhaps  
>> a good HOWTO?  Its time to make a branch for the Pd-0.39.2- 
>> extended release.
>
> what is your exact problem?
>
> how does "cvs tag -b extended_0_39_2" (within the cvsroot) not fit  
> your needs?
>
>
> btw, googling for "cvs tag"  returned http://www.psc.edu/~semke/ 
> cvs_branches.html as the second hit (the first one was a dead link)
>
> there is no magic involved in tagging.
>
> btw, i thought someone mentioned a "best practice CVS" document a  
> while ago ;-)

I know tagging, that's dead simple.  I am talking about a branch.  I  
can google "cvs tag" or "cvs branch" myself too, but a personal  
recommendation is worth a lot more than a google search.

I am more interested in experience in managing changes in the  
branch.  Some changes should get folded in to MAIN, others are only  
for the branch.  I am sure there are things that you can do that will  
make your life easier when the time to merge comes.

.hc

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