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Re: difference between 1.1 and 1.1.1.1


From: Eric Siegerman
Subject: Re: difference between 1.1 and 1.1.1.1
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:29:57 -0400
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 03:18:57PM -0500, Ronald Petty wrote:
> I was wondering what is the difference between 1.1 and 1.1.1.1?

In the usual case, there isn't any.  If you import a new file
(one that isn't already known to CVS), the program imports it to
rev. 1.1.1.1.  Ideally that would be the whole story, but the
underlying RCS file format doesn't let you create a branch
without a root.  So CVS checks in rev. 1.1 as well, and makes
1.1.1.1 identical to it.

In unusual cases, the two can differ.  For example, suppose you:
  - import Version 3 of some third-party package
  - locally create a new file foo, and commit it
  - import Version 4, which contains a file foo (doesn't matter
    to this discussion whether the two are related -- though of
    course it will matter to you during the merge!)

At this point, Rev. 1.1 will contain your local version of foo,
and 1.1.1.1 will contain the one from Version 4 of the package.

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