Re: CVS newbie help.

[Pierre Asselin]

Sisyphus <address@hidden> wrote:
> I just started using CVS. I use a remote repository and have checked
> out a project from the main branch ( using CVS_RSH, CVSROOT ....)

> Now I have made my own changes and want to save the changes in CVS. But
> I don't yet want to commit to the main branch of the remote repository
> since the changes are not final . What are the possible ways to do
> this?

Commit the changes anyway.


> Should I create a branch in the remote repository, commit to that
> branch and merge the changes to the main branch when the changes are
> final?

Yes, you could do that, but that's a lot of trouble.

How many of you are there ?  If it's only you, just commit the
changes and keep committing better changes on top of that.  If there
are more people involved, say up to ten, update all the time and
commit often.  If you are part of a very large group, it can make
sense to work on branches (but even there, there are drawbacks).


> [ more elaborate schemes snipped ]


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