HEAD tag clarification

[czednick]

Hello all,

  Does the HEAD tag having two different meanings?

  i.e.

        1.  The most recent version of the file(s) on the trunk, except 
when on branch.
        2.  After a commit on a branch HEAD refers to the tip of the 
branch and not the tip of the trunk.


  The reason I ask is:

stablecheckout> cvs co -d stable -r REL_1_X test
>...
stablecheckout> cvs log test.txt
>RCS file: /usr/local/cvs/test/test.txt,v
>Working file: test.txt
>head: 1.3

stablecheckout> cvs status test.txt
>File: test.txt          Status: Up-to-date
>
>Working revision:    1.2.2.1 Wed Jan 22 22:19:52 2003
>Repository revision: 1.2.2.1 /usr/local/cvs/test/test.txt,v
>Sticky Tag:          REL_1_X (branch: 1.2.2)

stablecheckout> cvs diff
>cvs diff: Diffing .  // No difference as expected

stablecheckout> cvs diff -r HEAD
>cvs diff: Diffing.  // No difference _unexpected_

stablecheckout> cvs rdiff -r REL_1_X -r HEAD
>lots of differences outputed // This is what I expected cvs diff -r HEAD 
to do and it did untill I commited on this branch.

Thank you for a great product,

Casey T. Zednick
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