Re: import inconsistency

[Larry Jones]

Paul Edwards writes:
> 
> All the messages I have seen in here appear to be coming from
> people who use the head.  I haven't seen any indication that
> people are adding files on a branch and then importing over
> them either.

>From what I've seen over the years, adding files on branches is fairly
common, as is later merging them onto the trunk.  Doing a first-time
import of a file that already exists -- either on the trunk or on a
branch -- on the other hand, is extremely rare.

> Apparently all this time I was the only one who ever did a
> cvs diff between two tags too, and noticed the corresponding
> bug on deleted files.  Presumably the many active repositories
> don't use "cvs diff" much?  Or "cvs rdiff -s" either.  Or maybe
> there aren't that many truly active repositories like mine?

No, you're just a natural whinger with too much time on his hands.  ;-)

-Larry Jones

All this was funny until she did the same thing to me. -- Calvin