RE: changes on multiple branches (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jones, Larry]

Yes, that should work.

-Larry Jones

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From: info-cvs-bounces+lawrence.jones=sieme...@nongnu.org [mailto:info-cvs-bounces+lawrence.jones=sieme...@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of Glasgow, Steven R CIV USARMY TRADOC ANALYSIS CTR (US)
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 1:43 PM
To: info...@nongnu.org
Subject: changes on multiple branches (UNCLASSIFIED)

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Please consider this situation.

Off of the trunk, I have two branches (lines of development), each one
implementing a separate new features in the source code.

Development team 1 finds a previously undiscovered error on their branch
that existed on the trunk prior the creation of either branch. Will the
following steps correct the error on both branches?

1. Checkout branch 1 into a sandbox
2. Correct the error in the sandbox
3. Tag the repository with a "begin-commit" tag
4. Commit the changes on branch 1
5. Tag the repository with a "end-commit" tag

6. Convert the sandbox over to branch 2 (or checkout branch 2 into another
sandbox)
7. Cvs update -j begin-commit -j end-commit to pull the changes into the
branch 2 sandbox
8. Commit the changes on branch 2

Will cvs know to pull the changes made to branch 1 based on the tags into
the branch 2 sandbox?

Thank you in advance for your assistance,
Steve



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[Arthur Barrett]

Steve,

And if you think that's a lot of fussing around for a simple result -
it's why 'changesets' were invented:
http://march-hare.com/cvsnt/features/changesets/en.asp

CVS supports two kinds of changesets:
- CVSNT 2.x and CVS 1.12 both support 'atomic' changesets (what
Subvserion calls 'atomic commits')
- CVSNT 2.x on Linux/Unix/Windows/Mac supports 'user defined' changesets
(what ClearCase calls a 'defect')

I have observed that increasingly the job of managing 'change sets' is
being offloaded into proprietary systems (Jira et al) even when the
'source control' is open. I'm not a fan of this for several reasons,
but mostly I just think that pragmatically the information about the
relationship between one change and the other belongs in the versioned
repository not in a separate database.

note: it has been observed that if your CVS repository gets cluttered
with 'too many' tags the performance can decrease, which is (one of many
reasons) why in CVSNT 2.x for Linux/Unix/Windows/Mac we put in user
defined changesets.

Regards,


Arthur Barrett

[Arthur Barrett]

Steve,

Stable, Feature - what's in a name? The 1.12 release has been in fairly wide use for some time and some Linux distribs are starting to ship it as standard.

I had a hand in writing the book 'All About CVS' which discusses change sets, but it has no particular chapter on it - it's more considered just the standard way people use cm today. But that is for 2.x not 1.12 and you are on 1.11 - if you see the value in this it's time to upgrade.

I know we have several US Mil contractors and lots of Fed departments using our commercial variant of CVSNT called CVS Suite, if you are interested please call/email my colleague Glen Starrett in Illinois on 800-653-1501 x803. He's a technical guy so can answer any question you throw at him.

Regards,

Arthur Barrett
Product Manager


On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:24 PM, "Glasgow, Steven R CIV USARMY TRADOC ANALYSIS CTR (US)" <steven.r.g...@mail.mil> wrote:

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> Thanks Arthur, we are still using version 1.11 of CVS under Linux (revision
> 23), as that is what comes bundled with RHEL.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) I've looked for 1.12 to download and can find nothing that calls 1.12
> "stable". All downloads for this version are under the "feature"
> directories. Is there a stable version of 1.12?
>
> 2) Is there documentation available that lays out how to use change sets...a
> web link somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

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