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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