From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Frank Lichtenheld Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsserver: fix legacy cvs client and branch rev issues Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:20:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20070617172041.GF1828@planck.djpig.de> References: <11820198064114-git-send-email-djk@tobit.co.uk> <20070617081959.GD1828@planck.djpig.de> <4674FA9B.10806@tobit.co.uk> <20070617103744.GE1828@planck.djpig.de> <46756707.5020805@tobit.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Dirk Koopman X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jun 17 19:20:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HzyQj-0008Lp-Kr for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:20:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754309AbXFQRUs (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:20:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754232AbXFQRUs (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:20:48 -0400 Received: from planck.djpig.de ([85.10.192.180]:3423 "EHLO planck.djpig.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754005AbXFQRUr (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:20:47 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by planck.djpig.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF9788102; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:20:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at planck.djpig.de Received: from planck.djpig.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (planck.djpig.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rvF70tgSPNTz; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:20:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: by planck.djpig.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CBBF688105; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:20:41 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46756707.5020805@tobit.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 05:53:27PM +0100, Dirk Koopman wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > >Summary: You're (ab)using cvsserver in very interesting ways that are not > >really beeing thought of in the current design/implementation. There'll > >be dragons ;) > > > > Hmm... I think that is becoming clear. The trouble is that I am not at > all certain that what I am doing is particularly unusual. After all, > using git, the whole point is that working on branches or the main line > should easy and cheap! Sure, it is a know limitation of cvsserver. But it is not trivially to remove. Patches welcome ;) Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld www: http://www.djpig.de/