Comments on: Using Tailor to Convert a Gnome CVS Module http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2006/02/20/using-tailor-to-convert-a-gnome-cvs-module/ Random stuff Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Anonymous http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2006/02/20/using-tailor-to-convert-a-gnome-cvs-module/#comment-105 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2006/02/20/using-tailor-to-convert-a-gnome-cvs-module/#comment-105 I have some vague memories that tailor wasn't able to deal with CVS branches. Has that been fixed? I have some vague memories that tailor wasn’t able to deal with CVS branches. Has that been fixed?

]]> By: James Henstridge http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2006/02/20/using-tailor-to-convert-a-gnome-cvs-module/#comment-106 James Henstridge Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2006/02/20/using-tailor-to-convert-a-gnome-cvs-module/#comment-106 From what I can tell, it has no automatic support for branches. If you wanted to convert a branch as well as the mainline, it would be necessary to do something like:<p/>1. convert mainline<p/>2. figure out where the branchpoint is.<p/>3. take a copy of the converted mainline, and uncommit up to the branch point.<p/>4. create a new tailor config to convert the branch, telling it to start at the first revision on that branch.<p/>Pretty ugly, but should work. As I said in my previous post: I was only interested in converting the mainline, so that's all I've described. From what I can tell, it has no automatic support for branches. If you wanted to convert a branch as well as the mainline, it would be necessary to do something like:

1. convert mainline

2. figure out where the branchpoint is.

3. take a copy of the converted mainline, and uncommit up to the branch point.

4. create a new tailor config to convert the branch, telling it to start at the first revision on that branch.

Pretty ugly, but should work. As I said in my previous post: I was only interested in converting the mainline, so that’s all I’ve described.

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