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Re: named changesets

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2006-10-12 03:47:31 CEST

On 10/11/06, Ed S. Peschko <esp5@pge.com> wrote:
> hey all,
>
> I was wondering - how are named changesets implemented in subversion? We are looking
> at (amongst others) subversion and perforce, and this seems to be a feature that we
> couldn't really live without.. Basically I'd like to say:
>
> svn commit --name=<changeset_name>

Perforce tracks all changesets on the server. Subversion doesn't do
that; the server doesn't track any sort of client data whatsoever.

However, a subversion client *does* have simple bookkeeping that
allows you to define and name changesets, and commit them exactly as
you show above.

>
> and at a later point, say something like
>
> svn merge --name=<changeset_name> --branch=HEAD
>

Once you commit to subversion, the commit gets a permanent changeset
name in the server, just a large integer. When you want to merge a
changeset from one branch to another, you just use the changeset
number. So yeah, it's pretty darn close to what you're showing.

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