From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:36:41 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Explanatory comment to go with last commit.
X-Git-Tag: 0.5~28
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e3fcd2834efaaaa10ccae9b8bfb278fcb88d2022;p=src.git

Explanatory comment to go with last commit.
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diff --git a/src b/src
index f9214cf..2c1c152 100755
--- a/src
+++ b/src
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 # lock; check in; assert lock". If this seems confusing, it's because in
 # RCS terminology, locked is writeable and unlocked is read-only.
 #
+# Despite appearances, this code does not actually use RCS locks (and
+# sets locking to non-strict).  That just happens to be a handy wy to
+# record which revision the user last checked out, which is significant
+# for future checkouts and for branching.
+#
 # The "src status" command needs to be fast so that Emacs VC won't be sluggish.
 # It's written to only have to access the inodes of each master and workfile,
 # not the files themselves.  The central trick is the use of utimes(2) to