Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Notes/RCSUsage

Timestamp:

03/07/08 14:54:42 (16 years ago)

Author:

VincentMcIntyre

Comment:

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Notes/RCSUsage

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  * You can use revision numbers in special cases (e.g. you are trying to reverse a checked-in change).[[BR]]
    But note that the correspondence of symbolic name and revision number is ''different'' for '''every''' RCS file.
+ * The RCS revision numbers have four parts: L.U.B.S, being Level, Update, Branch, Sequence[[BR]]
+   Without branches, you only get only L.U type numbers, e.g. 1.6.[[BR]]
+   When you make a branch, the branch point is marked by the .B part of the number, e.g. 1.6.1. for the first branch off revision 1.6.[[BR]]
+   When you change a file on a branch, the Sequence number is incremented, e.g. 1.6.1.1, 1.6.1.2, etc.
 
 === See also ===
  * [wiki:Notes/Subversion]
+ * [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PsH_GEjNrb0C&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=rcs+branching&source=web&ots=lB6y5XfIEV&sig=GrX_zrvXKUmEVfWAdA1-J7QmOsA&hl=en
+Applyng RCS and SCCS]
 
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