VTK Release Procedures

Tagging and Creating a Branch

This example uses VTK-5-4 in the text. Adjust accordingly for whatever release you are doing...

When creating a new branch for a VTK release:

• Eliminate write access to VTK and VTKData CVS HEAD for everyone except yourself

• Make a "branch point" non-branch tag first:

 cd ../VTK
 cvs tag VTK-5-4-bp
 cd ../VTKData
 cvs tag VTK-5-4-bp

• Verify that nobody else has made commits since the tag began:

 cd ../VTK
 cvs -n up -dAP
 cd ../VTKData
 cvs -n up -dAP

• Create the branch:

 cd ../VTK
 cvs tag -b VTK-5-4
 cd ../VTKData
 cvs tag -b VTK-5-4