Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 16:09:04 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anoncvs server Message-ID: <199702262309.QAA01395@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <87pvxnjhf5.fsf@originative.co.uk> References: <199702261835.LAA29819@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199702262042.NAA28653@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199702262055.NAA00563@rocky.mt.sri.com> <87pvxnjhf5.fsf@originative.co.uk>
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> > > I want a cvs repository that has a pre-imported "vendor branch" that > > > contains the FreeBSD code, and the entire modifcation history of > > > FreeBSD as modifications to the vendor branch. This would keep me > > > from losing the history, letting me mix and match what I want. 8-). > > > > You don't understand what a vendor branch is, or you're being silly. > > Everything else you ask for depends on this silly concept, so I won't > > comment any further. > > > > What you ask for doesn't exist, and won't exist. > > What I'd like to see is the changes from the FreeBSD cvs > tree being updated in my local tree as vendor imports to a vendor > branch. This isn't how vendor branches work, and also completely ignores the issue of 'branching' inside the FreeBSD tree. How do you 'branch' a 'branch'? (ie; you can't) > This allows personal development on the head and you can > merge in changes from the vendor as and when you like. Again, this kind of think *can't* be done with the way CVS is designed, unless John call pull a rabbit out of his hat. Next, you'll be wanting to put a man on the moon. :) :) Nate
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