Re: git: uh-oh

From: Max Bowsher <maxb(at)f2s(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: git: uh-oh
Date: 2010-09-08 00:29:40
Message-ID: 4C86D8F4.6000205@f2s.com
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On 08/09/10 00:47, Tom Lane wrote:
> Max Bowsher <maxb(at)f2s(dot)com> writes:
>> And, I've just tracked down that this bug was apparently fixed in CVS
>> 1.11.18, released November 2004.
>
> Hrm, what bug exactly? As far as I've gathered from the discussion,
> this is a fundamental design limitation of CVS, not a fixable bug.

The bug that CVS represented addition to a branch in a way which didn't
record when it occurred.

The way in which it was bludgeoned into the RCS file format was somewhat
hacky, but was a successful fix.

Max.

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