Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:19:45 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs-all: -Current or -Stable ? Message-ID: <19991108101945.A18435@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <19991108151217M.mrc@ChipChat.com>; from mrc@ChipChat.com on Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 03:12:17PM %2B0000 References: <19991108151217M.mrc@ChipChat.com>
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On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 03:12:17PM +0000, Marty Cawthon wrote:
> I have recently subscribed to the 'cvs-all' mailing list.
> It is interesting, and I can see it will be useful.
>
> I understand that there are two branches of development for FreeBSD:
> -Current and -Stable.
It's a bit more complicated then that since -stable is 3.x and -current
is what will be 4.x, but people still commit to 2.2.x and very
occasionally to 2.1.x.
> In looking at a message to 'cvs-all' how can I determine to which
> branch, -Current or -Stable, a file has been committed?
On the line in the message containing the words "Modified Files:" you
will see the branch of the tree if it is not HEAD (aka -current). It
looks like this:
Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_3)
-- Brooks
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