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.TH "\*(n) -New_BRanch" 1 \*(N) "Reference Manual"
.SH NAME
aegis new branch \- create a new branch
.XX "aenbr(1)" "create a new branch"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B \*(n)
.B -New_BRanch
[
.I number
][
.IR option \&...
]
.br
.B \*(n)
.B -New_BRanch
.B -Help
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I "\*(n) -New_BRanch"
command is used to
create a new branch.
A branch is very similar to a
.IR change ,
except that a branch may have changes (or branches) of its own,
and a change may not.
.PP
You may choose your own branch number, if you want.
Zero and positives are legal, but negatives are not.
It is an error if that number has already been used for
a change or another branch.
If you do not specify a change number,
the lowest available positive number (1 or more) will be used.
.PP
The new branch will be a special sort of change.
It will be in the '\fIbeing developed\fP' state,
but the usual commands in that stat (build, diff, etc) will not work.
Instead, you must create changes on the branch,
and when those changes are integrated into the branch,
this is the equivalent of build, diff, etc, on the branch.
Once the branch is completed,
the
.IR aede (1)
command may be used to advance it to the
.I "being reviewed"
state,
and from then on it becomes a normal change.
Should it be returned to the
.I "being developed"
state for any reason,
it will once again require sub-changes to alter anything.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 1991-1993, 2006-2008 Peter Miller.
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.TP 8n
.B -Help
.br
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the
.I \*(n)
program.
.TP 8n
\fB\-Output\fP \fIfilename\fP
This option may be used to specify a filename which is to be written with
the automatically determined branch number. Useful for writing scripts.
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Peter Miller
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.TP 8n
\fB\-REAson\fP \fItext\fP
This option may be used to attach a comment to the change history
generated by this command. You will need to use quotes to insulate the
spaces from the shell.
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 1998, 2006-2008 Peter Miller
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.TP 8n
.B \-Wait
This option may be used to require \*(N) commands to wait for access
locks, if they cannot be obtained immediately.
Defaults to the user's
.I lock_wait_preference
if not specified, see
.IR aeuconf (5)
for more information.
.TP 8n
.B \-No_Wait
This option may be used to require \*(N) commands to emit a fatal error
if access locks cannot be obtained immediately.
Defaults to the user's
.I lock_wait_preference
if not specified, see
.IR aeuconf (5)
for more information.
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 1991-1993, 2006-2008 Peter Miller.
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.r)
.PP
All options may be abbreviated;
the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters,
all lower case letters and underscores (_) are optional.
You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.
.PP
All options are case insensitive,
you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of both,
case is not important.
.PP
For example:
the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are
all interpreted to mean the \fB-Project\fP option.
The argument "-prj" will not be understood,
because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.
.PP
Options and other command line arguments may be
mixed arbitrarily on the command line,
after the function selectors.
.br
.ne 4
.PP
The GNU long option names are understood.
Since all option names for
.I \*(n)
are long,
this means ignoring the extra leading '-'.
The "\fB--\fIoption\fB=\fIvalue\fR" convention is also understood.
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 1991-1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2006-2008 Peter Miller
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.SH EXIT STATUS
The
.I \*(n)
command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.
The
.I \*(n)
command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See \fIaegis\fP(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect
this command.
See \fIaepconf\fP(5) for the project configuration file's
\fIproject_\%specific\fP field for how to set environment variables for
all commands executed by Aegis.
.SH RECOMMENDED ALIAS
The recommended alias for this command is
.nf
.ta 8n 16n
csh% alias aenbr '\*(n) -nbr \e!* -v'
sh$ aenbr(){\*(n) -nbr "$@" -v}
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.TP 8n
.IR aenbru (1)
remove a branch
.TP 8n
.IR aenc (1)
create a new change
.TP 8n
.IR aede (1)
develop end
.\"
.\" aegis - project change supervisor
.\" Copyright (C) 1991-1995, 1997, 2006-2008 Peter Miller
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
.br
.ne 2i
.SH COPYRIGHT
.ds v) 4.24.3
.ds V) 4.24.3.D001
.ds o) 0
.ds p) 4.25
.ds u) 4.24
.ds Y) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
\*(n) version \*(V)
.br
.if t .ds C) \(co
.if n .ds C) (C)
Copyright \*(C) \*(Y) Peter Miller
.PP
The \*(n) program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
for details use the '\fI\*(n) -VERSion License\fP' command.
This is free software
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
for details use the '\fI\*(n) -VERSion License\fP' command.
.br
.ne 1i
.SH AUTHOR
.TS
tab(;);
l r l.
Peter Miller;E-Mail:;millerp@canb.auug.org.au
\f(CW/\e/\e*\fR;WWW:;http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/
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