cvs tag usage

Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questions at mailing.thruhere.net
Tue Aug 4 21:08:38 UTC 2009


On Tuesday 04 August 2009 12:52:54 Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 03:07:20PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM, David Southwell<david at vizion2000.net> 
wrote:
> > > I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.
> > >
> > > I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:
> > >
> > > _7_BP
> > > _7_2_BP
> >
> > BP ?
>
> BP = Branch Point.  It is a tag which marks the place where the
> corresponding branch was created.

And for developers or interesting parties, one can create cvs diff using
-rRELENG_7_2_BP -rRELENG_7_2_RELEASE to see how many fixes hit the tree during 
the final release stage.
-- 
Mel


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