rtag command can be used to create a branch.
The rtag command is much like tag, but it
does not require that you have a working copy of the
module. See rtag. (You can also use the tag
command; see tag).
$ cvs rtag -b -r release-1-0 release-1-0-patches tc
rtag create a branch
(rather than just a symbolic revision name). `-r
release-1-0' says that this branch should be rooted at the node (in
the revision tree) that corresponds to the tag
`release-1-0'. Note that the numeric revision number that matches
`release-1-0' will probably be different from file to file. The
name of the new branch is `release-1-0-patches', and the
module affected is `tc'.
To fix the problem in release 1.0, you need a working copy of the branch you just created.
$ cvs checkout -r release-1-0-patches tc
$ cvs status -v driver.c backend.c
===================================================================
File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
Version: 1.7 Sat Dec 5 18:25:54 1992
RCS Version: 1.7 /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
Sticky Tag: release-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
release-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
release-1-0 (revision: 1.7)
===================================================================
File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
RCS Version: 1.4 /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
Sticky Tag: release-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
release-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
release-1-0 (revision: 1.4)
release-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
status command shows the branch
number is created by adding a digit at the tail of the revision number
it is based on. (If `release-1-0' corresponds to revision 1.4, the
branch's revision number will be 1.4.2. For obscure reasons