[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       freebsd-questions
Subject:    Re: cvs
From:       Doug Hardie <doug () mail ! sermon-archive ! info>
Date:       2016-09-29 5:02:15
Message-ID: 17E1B6D8-4BC6-4698-8E5C-7EFF7CD7E31F () mail ! sermon-archive ! info
[Download RAW message or body]


> On 28 September 2016, at 20:38, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> \
> wrote: 
> On 09/28/2016 06:06 PM, Doug Hardie wrote:
> > I am using cvs for a number of projects and have been digging through the \
> > documentation, but not figuring out how to do what I need.  There are multiple \
> > files in each project.  All are entered into cvs and are updated fairly often.  \
> > Some of the revision numbers are over 100.  All I have done is commits to the \
> > files so far.   
> > I need to be able to identify the files in a specific version.  For example on \
> > some date, I need to say all the current files belong to version x.  Later \
> > another version x+1 and so forth.  I also need to be able to pull out all the \
> > file from version x.  I suspect there is an easy way to do this, but it has \
> > escaped me so far.
> 
> CVS manages revision numbers on individual files.  Some version control
> systems manage version numbers on sets of files (Git, Mercurial?).
> Still others number both individual files and sets of files (MKS SI).
> 
> 
> But, CVS provides "tags" for working with sets of files:
> 
> info cvs
> 
> cvs --help tag
> 
> 
> You can see the tags on a particular file with:
> 
> cvs log FILENAME
> 
> 
> When I want to create a release of one of my projects, say revision
> 1.108, I check in all the files and then run:
> 
> cvs tag -c r1_108
> 
> This applies the tag "r1_108" to the current revision of the files in
> the working set.  (The -c option ensures that they are checked in, to
> reduce operator errors.)
> 
> 
> If I later want to check out all the files from a particular release:
> 
> cvs co -r r1_108
> 
> (Note that CVS will mark the files as "sticky", which adds complexities
> I avoid by not editing them.)
> 
> 
> CVS also has the ability to check out files by date, but I have never
> tried that.  If your files don't have tags, perhaps you can check them
> out by date and then add tags.  Be sure to back up your CVS repository
> before mucking about.
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
> p.s. I learned CVS from an earlier version of this book.  The current
> edition (3 e.) is available as a PDF download:
> 
> http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/

Thank you for the detailed response.  It makes sense now.  I am in the middle of \
working my way through that book.  I should have asked about this years ago.


_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]