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Re: .#files left after `cvs init'
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: .#files left after `cvs init' |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:53:58 -0400 (EDT) |
Alexey Mahotkin writes:
>
> When creating repositories with `cvs init' there are lots of backup
> files left with names like '.#modules'. Is this a bug or a feature?
Feature -- that's the naming convention that CVS uses for "backup"
files. For example, if updating a file causes a merge, the original
pre-merged file is kept in .#file.rev.
-Larry Jones
I suppose if I had two X chromosomes, I'd feel hostile too. -- Calvin