/ acm / sigsoft / cvs workshop / Nov '96
Versions and Revisions
CVS differentiates Revisions (which are a per-file concept) from Versions
(which are a per-package concept).
Revisions
- Each version of a file has a unique revision number
- A revision number always has an even number of dot-separated integers
- 1.1 is the default first revision of a file
- Successive revision numbers increase the rightmost number by one
Branches
- Each branch has a unique branch number
- A branch number is created by appending a number to the revsision number
of the revision the branch is forked from
- More than one branch may fork from on revision
