Re: is it possible to close a development branch?

Jim Hyslop <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.general
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Sam Steingold wrote:
> What do people do with a branch after it has been merged into the
> trunk?
> how do you close it, i.e., stop people from committing to it?
> thanks

Well, you could delete the files from the branch using 'cvs rm'. It's
not foolproof - anyone can easily resurrect a file, but it should
force people to think twice before trying to commit anything.

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Jim Hyslop
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