Re: CVS checkout source code for different branches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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@anoncvs.postgresql.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@gmail.com <mailto:jm80008@gmail.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@dunslane.net <mailto:andrew@dunslane.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@anoncvs.postgresql.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