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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: HELP! cvs server: sticky tag `HEAD' for file `pipes.cpp' is not a branch
From:       David Faure <faure () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-27 6:29:51
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On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 01:28:03AM +0200, Harri Porten wrote:
> 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.

cvs diff thefile.cc 
does it as well, FWIW.

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David FAURE
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