Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: cvs interoperation question

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 07:26, David Allouche wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:45:33PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > 
> > For my main purpose (emacs) automatic changeset deduction is pretty much
> > a non-starter anyway, but I think even in the case where CVS committers
> > are disciplined enough to make _detection_ of CVS `changesets' possible,
> > attempting to preserve the boundaries in both directions would make
> > arch<->CVS synchronization quite a bit more difficult.  The reason is
> > that both systems require the tree to be `up to date' before committing,
> > and if you want to replay and commit changesets in _both_ directions,
> > you end up in a situation where you want to commit from a tree that's
> > only partially up-to-date.
> 
> Some time ago I put on a wiki page explaining how that can actually be
> done with cscvs. Indeed, the double up-to-dateness requirement makes it
> a bit hairy, but I have put up a proof-of-concept script which
> automates it. It is part of tlash in tlash/bin/totla-sync.

I have it on my TODO to implement an arbitary merge interface with
cscvs, allowing full bi-di. I expect I'll get to it in ~ 2 months.
However I've a few other things on my immediate plate :}



Rob
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