Moving a Branch Tag

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Obsolete CVS page

refer to Patching_a_Branch

How? ("Who" in parenthesis)

  • (Build-Meister): Check the CVS log to make sure that you are only picking up only one change (between the last branch and the developer's change).
hgwbeta> cd $BUILDDIR/v${BRANCHNN}_branch/kent/src
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild/v190_branch/kent/src> cvs log hg/someCgi/someFile.c
  • (Build-Meister): Tell the program which file and version you want to change to.
hgwbeta> cd $WEEKLYBLD
hgwbeta:/cluster/bin/build/scripts> vi MoveBranchTagFiles.conf
    • This is a list and you can have more than one line if you need.
    • Edit this file to include the file name and new version number like so:
hg/someCgi/someFile.c 1.234
  • (Build-Meister): Do a test run and verify that everything is set up correctly:
hgwbeta:/cluster/bin/build/scripts/moveBranchTag.csh
  • (Build-Meister): If it is correct, run it for real:
hgwbeta:/cluster/bin/build/scripts/moveBranchTag.csh real
  • (Build-Meister): Determine which CGIs are affected by this file change:
hgwbeta> cd /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin
hgwbeta:/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin> ./dependencies fileName.c
  • (Build-Meister): Go to the current build:
hgwbeta> cd $BUILDDIR
  • (Build-Meister): Determine the current branch number. It will be the most recent directory that looks like "v---_branch".
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild> ls -ltr
  • (Build-Meister): Do a 'make' in the library directory, if necessary. If the file change was a lib file, then do a make in the corresponding lib directory:
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild/vXYZ_branch/kent/src/hg/lib> make
    • -or-
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild/vXYZ_branch/kent/src/lib> make
  • (Build-Meister): Do a 'make alpha' in the CGI directories that are impacted by the change:
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild/vXYZ_branch/kent/src/hg/hgTracks> make alpha
    • -or- if it was a library function change and you need to make all cgis, do make alpha in kent/src/hg/
hgwbeta:/data/tmp/releaseBuild/vXYZ_branch/kent/src/hg> make alpha
  • (Build-Meister): Reply to the email to the Developer and browser-qa that the tag has been moved and binaries made on hgwbeta.
  • (QA): Test the change on hgwbeta.
  • (QA): Reply to the email about the efficacy of the change.


  • Additional notes:
    • Adding brand new files requires using the command-line option "override" following "real" since there is no previous revision.
    • HEAD can be used to specify the latest version, but using a proper revision number is best.