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Re: what's missing from CVS? extending CVS?



Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost> writes:
> There is however at least one thing I would like to add:
>
> - merge tracking
>
> The version control system of choice at work is Perforce. And it does
> merge tracking really well. You can run "p4 filelog" (similar to "cvs log")
> on a file and it will tell you what changes (in CVS terms: revisions)
> were copied into what branch by what means (copy, skip, merge, etc.).
> And can also tell you which changes came from which other branch.

Strongly agreed. FYI, that's traditionally been one of SVN's
weaknesses.

Perry


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