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Colin, > I'm trying to find the status of an enhancement to the speed > of branch creation tracked as bug#4855. > > I've looked at the trouble ticket database but I'm unclear > about the status. > > The main table suggests it appears in 2.5.0.4 as the column > 'Fixed in' contains 'NEWAGB4, 2.5.04', however when I look at > the detail of the bug the 'Fixed in' field is empty. > > > Can anyone confirm if it is included in 2.5.0.4 (RC7)? To the best of my knowledge - yes it is fixed in 2.5.04. There is certainly a 'findnextmagicrev' in the 2.5.04 rcs.cpp. Tony is the one who applied it though, and he made a lot of changes to the originally submitted patch (because the patch was provided for CVS 1.11/1.12 which needs a lot of workarounds CVSNT didn't need). What we haven't had are any test results. The actual patch fixes a very rare problem - be sure that it applies to you before you get your hopes up - very helpful new feature though when the situation DOES apply to your repository. Most of the time that people ask for a 'faster tag/branch' is because they are not using the new commit id's and user defined change sets but are using tags and branches to try and replicate these features. A final case is resolved with EVSCM, where the repository size and number of users require a different approach - basically EVSCM has an 'instant tag'. I've no idea why the tt detail screens are showing the 'fixed in' field as blank - I've never noticed that before... Regards, Arthur