On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:36:28PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Export a copy of the current tcsh code from contrib/tcsh, apply the
> patch, and vendor import the entire thing with an appropriate tag (tag
> style varies by contributed package, but I usually use something like
> PKGNAME_x_y_2001_08_28 for a patch against PKGNAME-x.y obtained from
> the vendor on 2001-08-28
This is misleading. It implies you updated all the files to match the
author's on this date. The tag should be one that implies the single bug
that was fixed.
> The reason for doing the export first is so that the tag gets applied
> to all files, not just the single file you change, so you can check
> out the module with that tag and get a consistent snapshot.
Correct. This is good practice.
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