Branches in CVS repository?

[Mark Mitchell]

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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