Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:54:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Richard Neswold <neswold@aduxb.fnal.gov> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accomodating Terry Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970421093355.3031B-100000@aduxb.fnal.gov> In-Reply-To: <199704190012.RAA15465@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > CVS updates will still keep me current. I get revision control of my changes > > while I develop. The main repository only gets my "final" source base. > > > > Am I missing something in this scenario? > > | % cvs log foo.c [CVS output deleted...] > Oops. You don't have a previous revision, do you? You only have > your 'tip'. And your 'tip' is not the correct "final" source base. That's because you're modifying it. > I'm worried about getting all of this baseline code in and then finding > out 3 months down the road that one of the baseline module changes I > made was the wrong one, but having no way to back it out or find out > what the previous code should have looked like without rewriting from > scratch. Just check out the correct "tip" from the cvs repository to overwrite your modifications. > Also, if you are trying to follow a set of changes, having them appear > full-blown in the source tree won't really help your understanding. Observe which modules were changed (the output of 'cvs update') and correspond with the developer. Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Neswold, Accelerator Div./Controls Dept | neswold@fnal.gov Fermilab, PO Box 500, MS 347, Batavia, IL 60510 | voice (630) 840-3454 'finger neswold@aduxb.fnal.gov' for PGP key | fax (630) 840-3093
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