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Head?

by joshdb · in Torque Game Engine · 02/21/2005 (5:12 pm) · 7 replies

Wow... I feel stupid... But what the heck is HEAD, and where do I go to download it? I have to use it with a mod I'm installing on my game, but I searched through all the resources, projects, forum posts and everything else that had the word "head" in it.

I'm confused... Will someone point me to it?
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Torque 3D Owner Jacob
#1
02/21/2005 (6:00 pm)
Head is the name of GG's CVS Server. You can learn how to use it here

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#2
02/21/2005 (6:13 pm)
Actually, "HEAD" refers to the latest posted revision to a repository, which may or may not be particularly stable. It's commonly considered "the best version to have", but many projects will have a "STABLE" tag that moves up in the repository as code is fully tested and integrated.

In the GG community, when people say "HEAD", they mean the latest version of the code available in the CVS repository.

Torque 3D Owner Jacob Dankovchik
#3
02/22/2005 (3:32 am)
Ya, for some situations it may not be the best choice, but its almost always a good idea to get HEAD. ;)

Torque Owner Westy
#4
02/22/2005 (3:56 am)
Amen.

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#5
02/22/2005 (4:14 am)
Here's a pretty good example of what it is.

To go get the current HEAD... go here

You don't have to use the CVS server... Thank god!

Torque Owner joshdb
#6
02/22/2005 (7:37 am)
Thanks guys ( ;

I feel dumb, though...

Torque Owner Todd D. Degani
#7
02/22/2005 (7:39 am)
@Burning
That link is not the current HEAD. That link is the equivalent of downloading RELEASE_1_3_0 from CVS. You can view the current changelists here.

As a side note, this post by Jeff states "We don't want people using CVS anymore. It is fadin away. Use the installer instead."