[boost] Re: Moving from CVS to Subversion?

From: Daniel Frey (d.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-06 06:06:39

Martin Slater wrote:
> Can anyone comment on whether the branching has got better in svn? In 
> particular (Quoting from 
> http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/articles/0407/000026.html)
> 
> <quote>
> Here's the real killer blow for me: 
> Subversion doesn't keep track of what merges have been applied to a 
> file. That's up to you to keep track of somehow. That means that for 
> every file (or set of files), you have to know up to what revision 
> they've been integrated, and only pull in the changes from that revision 
> on. [...Double quote deleted...]
> </quote>
> 
> This appears to be very limiting if you rely heavily on branching.

Is that any worse than the current situation with CVS? If not, it's not 
a problem IMHO.

Regards, Daniel