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Re: git: uh-oh

Max Bowsher <maxb@f2s.com>

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From: Max Bowsher <maxb@f2s.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-09-08T00:29:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 08/09/10 00:47, Tom Lane wrote:
> Max Bowsher <maxb@f2s.com> writes:
>> And, I've just tracked down that this bug was apparently fixed in CVS
>> 1.11.18, released November 2004.
> 
> Hrm, what bug exactly?  As far as I've gathered from the discussion,
> this is a fundamental design limitation of CVS, not a fixable bug.

The bug that CVS represented addition to a branch in a way which didn't
record when it occurred.

The way in which it was bludgeoned into the RCS file format was somewhat
hacky, but was a successful fix.

Max.