Re: CVS checkout source code for different branches

The only sane things to check out apart from HEAD are normally the 
STABLE branches. For release m.n those are always called RELm_n_STABLE. 
You can also get the tag set for a specific release. Those are called 
RELm_n_o for m.n.o releases.

If you look at the output for "cvs log configure.in" you can see near 
the top a list of tag sets under the heading "symbolic names".

HTH.



M Z wrote:
> For example, how can I list all the branches for postgresql 8.3 (and 
> 8.4)? Now I can checkout code using:
> cvs -z3 -d 
> :pserver:anoncvs:password@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot co 
> -P pgsql
>
> But I don't know when version it is, and I want get code from some 
> postgresql 8.3 and 8.4 branches but I don't know the their cvsroot
>
> Thanks
> M Z
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:04 PM, M Z <jm80008@gmail.com 
> <mailto:jm80008@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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@dunslane.net <mailto:andrew@dunslane.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
>         M Z wrote:
>
>             Hi,
>
>             I am trying to checkout code from different branches (such
>             as 8.3, 8.4).
>
>             I found a few ways to checkout code from CVS:
>             1. webCVS: http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/
>
>             2. cvs -z3 -d
>             :pserver:anoncvs:password@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot
>             co -P pgsql
>
>             3. $ rsync --progress -avzCH --delete
>             anoncvs.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs $CVSROOT
>
>             However, how can I checkout code from different branches
>             (such as 8.3, 8.4)?
>
>
>
>         CVS is documented here, among other places:
>         <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs.html>
>
>         To check out a particular branch such as REL8_4_STABLE, use
>         the -r option on the checkout command:
>
>           cvs checkout -r branchname
>
>         cheers
>
>         andrew
>
>
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