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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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