Re: Missing file in EMACS_22_BASE (GIT repo)

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> This is done automatically by CVS when merging a new file from a
>> different branch.  This makes sure the file is marked dead before the
>> merge.  This revision is missing for the EMACS_22_BASE bran
> I don't see why a file should be marked dead before it is even born.

It isn't.  The file exists, but only on one branch.  When it is added to
a different branch there needs to be a way to tell that the file didn't
exist before that point on that branch.  That's the way CVS works.  The
current situation cannot have been created without rewriting history.

> Commands such as "cvs update -rEMACS_22_BRANCH -D2007-06-14"
> and "cvs update -rEMACS_22_1" still work as they should without
> cluttering the repository with redundant versions of files.

Now try -rEMACS_22_BRANCHPOINT.  The file magically appears before it
was even created.

Andreas.

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