[cvsnt] Re: Increasing release with "commit -r" fails

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Thu Aug 12 10:16:13 BST 2004


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Axel Eckenberger wrote:

> number part of the revision number (i.e. from 1.x to 2.x). If the -r switch
> is not used for this, what is it good for? Also the comments in commit.c

-r is IMO counterproductive and I've been tempted to remove it on more 
than on occasion.  It has no real use, but some people seem to like it.

> working on do not have this mechanism. In certain cases it migt be appealing
> to bring the source up to a common revision number to show that there is a

It might be appealing but it's still falling into the trap of thinking 
revision numbers are something that you should care about.

Tony




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