[cvsnt] Re: Branch "1"

[Thomas Singer]

What 'cvs admin' options you use? When I run 'cvs -H admin' for my CVSNT 
binary, I get following output:

> Usage: cvs admin [options] files...
>         -l[rev]    Lock revision (latest revision on branch,
>                    latest revision on trunk if omitted). (DEPRECIATED)
>         -m rev:msg  Replace revision's log message.
>         -o range   Physically delete (outdate) specified range of revisions:
>            rev1:rev2   Between rev1 and rev2, including rev1 and rev2.
>            rev1::rev2  Between rev1 and rev2, excluding rev1 and rev2.
>            rev:        rev and following revisions on the same branch.
>            rev::       After rev on the same branch.
>            :rev        rev and previous revisions on the same branch.
>            ::rev       Before rev on the same branch.
>            rev         Just rev.
>         -p [rev:]prop=val Set global or versioned property.
>         -q         Run quietly.
>         -t[file]   Get descriptive text from file (stdin if omitted).
>         -t-string  Set descriptive text.
>         -u[rev]    Unlock the revision (latest revision on branch,
>                    latest revision on trunk if omitted).
> (Specify the --help global option for a list of other help options)
> 
> 
> THIS COMMAND IS FOR CVS ADMINISTRATORS ONLY.  DON'T USE IT UNLESS YOU
> KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE.

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Best regards,
Thomas Singer


Oliver Koltermann schrieb:
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> Thomas Singer <cvsnt at smartcvs.com> writes:
> 
>> No, it's 1 - without any period. Tony, what do you think?
>>>> branches. But somehow the client managed to create a branch "1" on
>>>> top of the main trunk revisions, which sounded a little bit strange
>>>> to me.
> 
> We use a (I guess not very common) scheme where "1"-Branches are used
> to express file-to-project connections. The files belonging to one
> project are marked with an alternate name for the main line (branch
> 1). We do this for years now - I'm not sure if it could be done using
> alias branches today.
> 
> I have to call the "cvs admin" command to create this special branch
> tags... so if this is the case at your clients site somebody (with
> admin rights) there should know about this.
> 
> Best regards,
> O. Koltermann