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Re: Branching and add file problem (repost)
From: |
Derek R. Price |
Subject: |
Re: Branching and add file problem (repost) |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:49:16 -0500 |
It sounds like the initial commit of the new files was to a branch and
you were updating the main trunk. You might try reading through the
following section of the manual.
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_5.html#SEC54
Derek
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address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just branched a project. In that project, I cvs removed all the
> file in a particular directory. I then added a lot of new files,
> including some subdirectories.
>
> When I go to another computer to do an update, all of the old files
> are removed, all of the new files in the directory are added, and all
> of the sub directories are created.
>
> However, the subirectories are empty. They do not contain the checked
> in files. In fact, they don't even have a CVS directory.
>
> When I did an update -P -d -r branch_tag, things got even weirder.
> The sub-directories were populated with the correct files, but there
> was still no CVS directory created.
>
> I'm not sure what is going on. I check the repository, and all of the
> new files I added were put int the Attic (I on't really care, as long
> as CVS handles it). Also, the new subdirectories had Attics created,
> and all of the file in the sub dir also went into the Attic. The
> strange part is that the files in the sub dirs Attic are read only.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> I did all of the adds and updates with WinCVS 1.1b17 talking to CVS
> 1.11 on Linux.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerald