[Gnu-arch-users] Re: TLA Replay nastiness

[Tom Hansen]

 I use "tla replay" instead of "tla update" to 
 avoid this problem.  The replay command does not
 peroform the undo/redo cycle.


On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:46:00PM -0800, Colin Fox wrote:
> Can anyone explain why the following happens:
> 
> 1. Create a directory in an already arch-controlled tree
> 2. tla add the dir
> 3. Put a file in to the dir, without an arch-tag.
> 4. Do a "tla update", updating your tree from someone else's changes
> 5. tla actually DELETES the directory, rather than just moving it off to
> a safe place.
> 
> I just lost some critical work, because I forgot to put an arch-tag in
> one file (out of 20 or so) that I was working on.
> 
> This is incredibly frustrating. Why on earth would anyone expect a 'tla
> update' to actually discard any of your files?
> 
> There is a ,,what-changed directory, but it's EMPTY. :(
> -- 
> Colin Fox <address@hidden>
> CF Consulting Inc.



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