Accessing a Branch - by Incarnadine Branches are extremely useful. This allows you to make whatever modifications you want, submit them back to the CVS server, etc. while leaving the main trunk in a stable state. Other people can access the branch you're working on by simply requesting it using the procedure below. Once your changes have been well tested, you can automatically merge your changes back into the main trunk. Here's how to access an existing branch.
Files have a blank tag indicate the main trunk.
There are a couple ways to do it, particularly depending on the CVS client you're using. A dialog will appear. Type in the branch tag name you want to create. If you selected a directory, select whether or not you want it to recurse into subdirs. This will create the branch.