RE: checkout with -D resurrects deleted files

[Bruce Tiffany]

Hi,

I believe I've found the source of my confusion.  When a file is deleted in
CVS, then revised by another user, cvs checkout will not produce the file,
however cvs checkout -D <now> will.  I'm uncertain if that's a bug or a
feature, use of checkout -D ... seems to be the safer way to go. 


Here is the scenario - 

Time   User 1                        User 2
----   --------------------          ------------------------------

  |    cvs checkout proj1            cvs checkout proj1
  |    rm foo
  |    cvs -remove foo
 \|/   cvs commit
                                     edit foo
                                     cvs update
                                     cvs commit

       rm -rf *                      rm -rf *
       cvs checkout proj1            cvs checkout proj1
       (will not get foo)            (will not get foo, where is my change?)

       rm -rf *                      rm -rf *
       cvs checkout -D <now> proj1   cvs checkout -D <now> proj1
        (will get foo)                (will get foo)


Regards,
   Bruce

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