This is a VERY IMPORTANT issue to resolve. It may belong as part of a User Interface enhancement, but developers need to know if they're working on a branch other than the HEAD branch when they open a workspace.
One development team where I work ended up checking in a mix of new code on both a HEAD branch (where it should have gone) and a production release branch (which should not have had any changes) over the course of a week because they didn't know which branch of code they were using when they sat down at the pairing stations. (They're using agile development methods.)
I realize that a simple check of the CVS/Tag file within the checked out directory would have told them which branch they were on (a line that starts with "N" is a branch name; a line that starts with "T" is a tag name), but IDEA's UI should tell them that without having to look at CVS/Tag!
David D. Kilzer - 23 Dec 05 02:01 This is a VERY IMPORTANT issue to resolve. It may belong as part of a User Interface enhancement, but developers need to know if they're working on a branch other than the HEAD branch when they open a workspace.
One development team where I work ended up checking in a mix of new code on both a HEAD branch (where it should have gone) and a production release branch (which should not have had any changes) over the course of a week because they didn't know which branch of code they were using when they sat down at the pairing stations. (They're using agile development methods.)
I realize that a simple check of the CVS/Tag file within the checked out directory would have told them which branch they were on (a line that starts with "N" is a branch name; a line that starts with "T" is a tag name), but IDEA's UI should tell them that without having to look at CVS/Tag!
See also IDEA-2221.
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CVS - indicate which branch is being worked on
One development team where I work ended up checking in a mix of new code on both a HEAD branch (where it should have gone) and a production release branch (which should not have had any changes) over the course of a week because they didn't know which branch of code they were using when they sat down at the pairing stations. (They're using agile development methods.)
I realize that a simple check of the CVS/Tag file within the checked out directory would have told them which branch they were on (a line that starts with "N" is a branch name; a line that starts with "T" is a tag name), but IDEA's UI should tell them that without having to look at CVS/Tag!
See also IDEA-2221.