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> >BTW, why isn't there a command to do update to a branchpoint? > > > > This was discussed before, but there are a number of problems that > make it not so obvious what to do for cvs. > So the safe way is actually to tag the state you branch oiff from, > update to that tag and then branch. And put the tag name you start > from as a part of the branch tag name so you can easily deduce it > later... > > > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) Actually, I wondered about that question almost ever since I've used CVS, and never found anything on the web (AKA google :-P ) and never saw any comment about it here. If CVS is aware of the branchpoint for merging purposes, I can't imagine what could be the problem to implement the update. Sure, one will have to provide two branch names in the command - or assume HEAD as one of them - but I certainly find this better than pollute the tag list uselessly. -Flávio