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[Oops, about that last incomplete post] > You can commit to HEAD though... That's what you're doing when there's > no branch. 'cvs commit -r HEAD foo.txt' works too... > > Try: > cvs update -r HEAD a.txt > cvs status a.txt > cvs commit -fm "test" a.txt I only ever get: cvs server: sticky tag `HEAD' for file `test.txt' is not a branch cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first! Using CVSNT 2.0.51d. Maybe you've added something after that to make it work? > It's the only one practical given the fact that changing the default > branch isn't versioned. Why not simply disallow changing the default branch then? I know that I once used it to resolve some unwanted structures in the repository and thought it was quite handy for that at the time but I'm rather sure by now I would know better ways to do it, without changing the default branch. > TBH I'm not sure myself even how to change the default branch, and I've > never had a need to do it. That doesn't mean there aren't people who do > it, but I doubt it's the norm. Agreed. > I've always referred to the 'HEAD branch' and so have a lot of other > people, so it seems it's the common usage. Actually there are just a few hits for "head branch" in the archives of this NG... "head revision" however returns twice as many posts (and that is counting in this thread as well)... >;) However, using Google the matter's a different one. "Head branch" does indeed appear to be quite common in the GNU CVS world... grmbl... > It may not be the best name > for it, but it's the name we're stuck with. Hmmmmmm... > Defining a different name for HEAD is one of those things that's on the > wishlist (low priority I think though). I don't want a different name for HEAD at all. I want it to remain exactly what it is. I want a name for the trunk - something that from my POV does currently not yet exist in the first place. Cheers, -- Oliver ---- ------------------ JID: ogiesen at jabber.org ICQ: 18777742 (http://wwp.icq.com/18777742)