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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:52:26 +0000, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
...
> It looks scarier than it is. It requires care and diligence, though --
> especially in the beginning.
Wish: Allow something like -r branchtagname:BASE
to refer to the branch root.
...
> Mergepoints are not an essentially new functionality, they are a
> convenience.
...but a very big one. With mergepoints you can repeatedly
merge from one branch to another very easily; otherwise the
tagging really requires care & planning.
...
> > [...] is usage of non CVSNT clients possible for users who will not
> > perform merges (they will only implement changes and commit them)
> > without any damage/loss of functionality of mergepoints and whole
> > repository?
>
> I think that works, as long as they don't do any merges.
I work all the time with cvs clients on the cvsnt servers (plain
cvs is available about everywhere). Just for merges you need a
cvsnt client since it needs to memorize the mergepoint from
merge-into-sandbox until the commit.
Andreas
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np: 4'33