28-02-2006, 17:44
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Re: How do you manage code changes?
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Originally Posted by Keith Watson
I used cvs (including scripts written on top of cvs) for many, many years. We did not use branches very often. More than 95% of our stuff was done on the mainline. Branching is best used when you need to do isolated development with version control while the mainline goes through several revisions.
If you use TortoiseCVS check the User's Guide, it's simple. If you use a flavor of regular cvs look for "cvs update -j branchname". This means "join the branch to the mainline". Here is some documentation on Branching and Merging. |
Thaks for the links. For some reason I was finding it difficult to locate CVS documentation. 
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