I really appreciate all the discussion my post has provoked. I'm glad I'm
not the only one who misses this feature. It's interesting the differing
viewpoints you hear from people who
-- rarely use CVS and therefore minimize the value of this feature, or
-- use a different branching strategy , such as frequent short-lived
branches, 1 per bug, where this feature would not be so important.
The fact is there are tons of branching strategies to choose from. Here's a
pretty comprehensive list of 'branching patterns'
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/branching/
In our environment we use long-running branches, merged often to the trunk,
and back into other long-running branches. There are pros and cons to this,
but trust me, in this environment, the comprehensive commit history provided
by CVS is imperative for keeping developers in the loop on what others are
working on.
I'm happy and surprised that the new 'Merge Tracking' feature of Subversion
1.5 will include this feature. I figured all it would provide was a saved
repository version number so the developer doesn't have to search the logs
before performing the next merge. But if it provides comprehensive file
history as well, then I'm a happy camper!
Norbert Unterberg-2 wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2007 3:14 AM, 4larryj <4larryj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I cannot find a way to view a complete history on a file that includes
>> commits from ALL Branches plus trunk.
>
> Subversion 1.5 will include merge tracking, which will include exactly
> what you are looking for.
> But you have to wait for the Subversion 1.5 release.
>
> Norbert
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