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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: HELP! cvs server: sticky tag `HEAD' for file `pipes.cpp' is not a
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1999-05-27 9:32:56
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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.
> 
Well, "cvs diff" does the same :)

Greetings, Stephan

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