Re: CVS branch management (was Re: A problem with new pg_dump)

I have added a mention of 'cvs status -v' to the developer's FAQ, with
your name on it.

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> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> > Unfortunately "cvs log" isn't all that great about distinguishing
> > branches from tags --- it calls 'em all "symbolic names".
>
> Minor addition to this: you can distinguish branches and tags by using
> `cvs status -v'.
>
> (Historical note: CVS was originally implemented as shell scripts on
> top of RCS. The .0 syntax was magic which CVS used to indicate a
> branch as opposed to a revision tag. The output of `cvs log' is
> simply the output of `rlog' on the underlying RCS file. `cvs status'
> is not based on an existing RCS command.)
>
> Ian
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