[Xorg] Resync branches...

[Mike A. Harris]

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Roland Mainz wrote:

>> >  > Does anyone here have a _simple_ script which can sync two CVS branches
>> >  > ? I'd like to breath live into an old branch and update it to "trunk",
>> >  > including the special attributes of files in the CVS (execute flag,
>> >  > binary flag etc.) ...
>> >
>> > If you haven't tagged the version where both versions have 'forked'
>> > there probably isn't a simple way. If you have created the branch
>> > on the old CURRENT branch and you have tagged the version from which
>> > you have merged last you may be able to update from this tag to the
>> > tag in current which marks the final version and then continue
>> > merging the diffs between the initial version on trunk and the current
>> > version.
>> 
>> What about creating a new branch and rename it to the old? For cygwin we have
>> the same problem which I'm going to by branching from HEAD again and leave
>> the old CYGWIN branch dead (or move the branch tag to the new branch).
>
>Uhm... it is possible to _RENAME_ a branch ?! How ? How ? I thought this
>is impossible...

It's not possible without doing nasty tricks with cvs admin and 
sacrificing chickens, or by manually editing RCS files and 
praying nothing gets permanently destroyed.

In short, the risks are high enough that I wouldn't attempt it 
unless the gains are higher.