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We probably need some notes on branching.
For now, here is a response to ticket [f90265fc83]:
# create testing branch<br>
fossil tag branch testing <i>uuid1</i>
# where <i>uuid1</i> is the point at which you want to branch<br>
# Note that the above command creates a new checkin which is a<br>
# sibling of <i>uuid1</i> and identical to it.<br>
# You still need to tell fossil to use it in the working directory<br>
fossil update testing<br>
# do some experimental work<br>
...<br>
# back to main branch<br>
fossil update <i>uuid1</i><br>
fossil update<br>
# The second update is needed because the main branch may have<br>
# moved on from <i>uuid1</i>.
Note that fossil has no concept of a default branch, and in the presence of multiple forks and branches you are usually safer to give an explicit argument to <b>fossil update</b>.
Because fossil supports distributed operation, forks which are not deliberate branches can be quite common, and there is probably no safe algorithm for "the latest non-branch UUID".
<hr><div id="6f02643c22ea3612"><i>On 2008-10-19 14:52:08 UTC anonymous added:</i><br />
Here is an example of branches work with mercurial<br>
<br>
# switch to testing branch<br>
hg branch testing<br>
... do some commits<br>
<br>
# switch to default branch<br>
hg branch default<br>
... do another commits<br>
<br>
# continue testing work<br>
hg branch testing<br>
<br>
But with fossil i need to use UUID? How can i automate this work?
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