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Date:      Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:06:30 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does anyone know a good place to ask CVS questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302101102460.14303-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3E46E098.3020102@potentialtech.com>

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On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Bill Moran wrote:

> Subject says most of it.
>
> I looked, but the CVS website doesn't seem to have a question@
> type mailing list.
>
> I can't figure out branching to save my life.

Heh, that's generally everyone's feeling when they first see it.

I generally recommend the "open" CVS book (as opposed to Cederqvist):
	http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/

it's available online in HTML and has such useful stuff as "a day in the
life of..." and command-line reipies to do general bits and pieces.

The diagrams are ascii art but effective.

jan

PS. You'll probably find that a whiteboard map plus deciding how you're
going to set up your branches for a particular project vital. Doing "ad
hoc" branches is ok once you get the hang of things but frankly having a
consistent naming strategy at the outset is a lifesaver.

-- 
jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/
Goedel would be proud - I'm both inconsistent _and_ incomplete.


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