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=== Revision numbers ===

Each version of a file has a unique revision number. Revision numbers look like ‘`1.1`’, ‘`1.2`’, ‘`1.3.2.2`’ or even ‘`1.3.2.2.4.5`’. A revision number always has an even number of period-separated decimal integers. By default revision 1.1 is the first revision of a file. Each successive revision is given a new number by increasing the rightmost number by one. The following figure displays a few revisions, with newer revisions to the right.

+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+

It is also possible to end up with numbers containing more than one period, for example ‘`1.3.2.2`’. Such revisions represent revisions on branches (see [[cvs: Branching and merging#Branching and merging|Branching and merging]]); such revision numbers are explained in detail in [[cvs: Branches and revisions#Branches and revisions|Branches and revisions]].

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