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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: HELP! cvs server: sticky tag `HEAD' for file `pipes.cpp' is not a branch
From:       Harri Porten <porten () tu-harburg ! de>
Date:       1999-05-26 23:28:03
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On Thu, 27 May 1999, David Faure wrote:

> On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 12:45:17AM +0200, Lars Doelle wrote:
> > 
> > David, this works. I was using -r HEAD. Does this
> > mean that the HEAD branch is dead and i should
> dead ? who said dead ?
> The HEAD branch is the default one in a CVS repository.
> (when there is no branching at all).
> 
> It's just that "-r HEAD" is a twisted way of asking for the latest stuff.
> -A does it properly.
> -r is for branches...

An example of "-r HEAD" usage: "cvs diff -r HEAD" gives you the between 
your local data and the CURRENT CVS, i.e. in case someone edited the CVS 
sources while you have been hacking at home as well.

Harri.

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