From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Off topic: help with CVS, please! Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:52:11 -0500 Message-ID: <874oymgpok.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <20090222205527.GA8368@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235335889 21899 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2009 20:51:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:51:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 22 21:52:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LbLJc-0002PM-UE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:52:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49528 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LbLII-0005FT-H4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LbLID-0005De-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LbLIC-0005CG-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36718 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LbLIC-0005C3-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:16 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:41927) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LbLIB-0003wl-O9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:15 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B9CD57E211; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:52:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20090222205527.GA8368@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:55:27 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109289 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Could somebody with a clear head please suggest a recipe to me for > obtaining 5.286 and committing it, unchanged, over 5.288 to become the > new head. Why not use VC? From the *vc-change-log* buffer (C-x v l), type `f' on the desired revision entry to visit that revision. Then save the buffer and do `C-x v v' to commit it.