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Re: Why does 'cvs admin -l<branchname>' complain that my branch is ab


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: Why does 'cvs admin -l<branchname>' complain that my branch is ab
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:16:13 -0500 (EST)

Whitlock, Ginger writes:
> 
> Might someone help me with an error I'm receiving with attempting to lock a
> branch in CVS?

CVS doesn't support locking branches, only revisions.

> I receive an error complaining that my branch is absent:
> 
> cvs admin:
> /opt/cvs/customer1/software/src/com/gers/sales/order/persist/OrderDaoFactory
> .java,v: branch customer1-0_5C1_00E absent  
> 
> running cvs log to verify the branch exists :
> 
>    customer1-0_5C1_00E: 1.11.0.2   

That only verifies that the branch *tag* exists.  The error message
you're getting is that revision 1.11.0.2 doesn't exist (and, being a
magic branch revision, there *shouldn't* be a revision with that number).

-Larry Jones

Mom must've put my cape in the wrong drawer. -- Calvin



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