[SCM-773] Add support for branches in CVS provider

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: maven-scm-provider-cvs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Julien HENRY
• Created: 05/Sep/14 09:02
• Updated: 29/Oct/17 20:58
• Resolved: 29/Oct/17 20:58

Description

Current implementation of blame in CVS doesn't accept branch parameter (-r). It means that blame will always occurs on trunk.
It should be possible to give a branch name in the CVS scm URL and then pass it to appropriate CVS command (at least CVS annotate).
See http://durak.org/sean/pubs/software/cvsbook/Annotations-And-Branches.html