[cvsnt] Mergepoints

Bo Berglund Bo.Berglund at system3r.se
Wed Feb 25 17:58:27 GMT 2004


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TRUNK is just lingo, it is no real CVS item.
But HEAD is, it is the automatic tag for the tip of the mainline (Trunk).

Bo

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Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Mergepoints


> From: Bo Berglund [mailto:Bo.Berglund at system3r.se]
> 
> So by updating to HEAD one gets the latest files on *TRUNK*.
> 
> The idea to use HEAD as a tag in the merge operations is no 
> good unless
> one specifically wants the tip of TRUNK. HEAD does *not* 
> refer to the tip
> of any other branch at all....

Yes, I was trying to explain how to use WinCVS to merge latest files on the
Trunk into a Branch that had been branched of previously. Would you use
update -jTRUNK or update -jHEAD for this? Or is there a different way of
doing it?

Andy

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