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Re: Branches in CVS repository?


Nick Clifton wrote:
Hi Guys,

The informal GCC convention has been "<org>-<name>" where "org" is the


RH's internal convention includes a YYMMDD somewhere, which is


I'd meant to allow arbitrary characters in "name", which would certainly permit what you suggest.


But it is best to be explicit. How about:

<module(s)>-<org>-<reason>-<date>

eg:

binutils-csl-ARM_development-050118

which may be a little bit wordy, but should avoid all possibility if name space collisions and should make the purpose of the branch obvious.

I don't quite understand the date part. Is this because we might merge our changes forward to a new basepoint (like the 050221 mainline version) later? Our usual practice has been to merge the delta between 050118 and 050221 onto our branch, rather than create a new branch. May we make the date optional?


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