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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-22 00:33:00 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-22 00:33:00 +0000
commit4795f4b43e5c1245afeefc8b683ec4370eb19a50 (patch)
tree5282d733633f8de4f1457d002f763636be146931 /Master/tlpkg/doc
parentdda0bcbf7d553e1500df2830e0992c08709ecbf7 (diff)
tag/branch doc notes
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@12205 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
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@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb; tl-update-tlnet will make everything else. But
consider mv-ing the old directory so as not to actually make new
containers. Coordinate with CTAN.
-To make the tag + branch of a new release:
+
+To make the tag + branch of (or to prepare for) a new release:
svn copy -r 10402 -m'texlive-2008.0 tag based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2008.0
svn copy -r 10402 -m'branch2008 branch based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/branches/branch2008
+
+It's the same command, just different destinations.
+http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.branchmerge
+
+Do both a branch and a tag so that it's possible to easily compare the
+current state of the branch with its starting point (the tag).