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(at)anoncvs(dot)postgresql(dot)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(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:jm80008(at)gmail(dot)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(at)dunslane(dot)net <mailto:andrew(at)dunslane(dot)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(at)anoncvs(dot)postgresql(dot)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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