Re: CVS checkout source code for different branches

Hi Andrew,

Could you please give a little more detail how I can find different CVS
branches?

Thanks,
M Z

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:

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> M Z wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am trying to checkout code from different branches (such as 8.3, 8.4).
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>> I found a few ways to checkout code from CVS:
>> 1. webCVS: http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/
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>> 2. cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs:password(at)anoncvs(dot)postgresql(dot)org:/projects/cvsroot
>> co -P pgsql
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>> 3. $ rsync --progress -avzCH --delete anoncvs.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs
>> $CVSROOT
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>> However, how can I checkout code from different branches (such as 8.3,
>> 8.4)?
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> CVS is documented here, among other places: <
> http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs.html>
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> To check out a particular branch such as REL8_4_STABLE, use the -r option
> on the checkout command:
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> cvs checkout -r branchname
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> cheers
>
> andrew
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