[cvsnt] Re: how can CVSNT distinguish tag and branch?

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at telia.com
Tue Dec 20 22:44:05 GMT 2005


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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:47:50 +0000 (UTC), "Oliver Giesen"
<ogware at gmx.net> wrote:

>Bo Berglund wrote:
>
>> I just tested on my test repository with an arguments reporting
>> program started from taginfo:
>> ALL F:/CVSMailer/CheckArguments.exe S=%s V=%v O=%o P=%p T=%t B=%b
>> 
>> Result:
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param1: S=AAAFile.txt
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param2: V=1.21.2.3
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param3: O=add
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param4: P=ModuleXX
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param5: T=TagTestValue3
>> 20051219 22:39:50 Param6: B=N
>> 
>> The tagged file is the branch head on a branch named Branch_MergeTest.
>
>Yes, but it does not appear to be checked out on that branch but rather
>on a specific non-branch tag, isn't it?

No, the file is checked out on branch Branch_MergeTest and it is the
head revision on that branch.

>
>> %b reports the value "N" (the meaning of which eludes me)
>
>I guess it uses the same syntax as the ./CVS/Tag sandbox file, i.e.:
>
>N = sticky Non-branch tag
>T = branch Tag
>D = sticky Date

Then it does not work for me, the file is definitely on a branch
rather than sticky.

In that same directory I have files checked out to different branches
as a test for CVSNT handling of this particular situation...

And I forgot to say: Both client and server are build 2182.


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)



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