Re: Overriding CVS/Root with pserver

[Matthew Herrmann]

Hi Ed,

You can update your .cvsrc file in your home directory to include "cvs -d
$CVSROOT" and i think that will include it by default in all operations.

The default behaviour is useful for people like me who connect to multiple
repositories, and so don't want to have to change the CVSROOT variable every
time we work on a different folder.

HTH,

Matthew Herrmann
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Far Edge Technology
http://www.faredge.com.au/

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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 10:21:49 -0600
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On Thursday May 1 2003 10:10, Ed wrote:
> Suppose I have a working directory on host devbox, and the CVS/Root adm=
in
> file contains ":pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot".  Is there a way for
> address@hidden to override this to login and/or commit changes to this
> working directory as, say, address@hidden, *without* modifying the
> .../CVS/Root setting?  It seems any CVSROOT env setting is ignored duri=
ng
> login.  I know this is not considered kosher, but is there a way?

Ah.  I see this can be done with 'cvs -d $CVSROOT login', 'cvs -d $CVSROO=
T=20
update', etc.  Would it break other things in CVS for commands to pay=20
attention to the $CVSROOT setting without the user having to specify it o=
n=20
the command line?