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RE: cvs readonly checkouts
From: |
Lemke, Michael IZ/HZA-IOR |
Subject: |
RE: cvs readonly checkouts |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:05:48 +0100 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spiro Trikaliotis [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 3:10 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: cvs readonly checkouts
>
>
> Hello,
>
> * On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:48:33AM -0800 Shri wrote:
>
> > I want to checkout files such that later commit won't be
> possible. Is
> > there any option (while checkout) which can set some sticky
> tag which
> > would not allow me to commit anything, even new files?
>
> I do not know what you want to achieve, but "exporting" file files
> (instead of checking out) might be what you want.
How about cvs co -r HEAD ?
Won't help with new files (you can always add them and commit)
but you won't be able to commit the rest. The reason is that
the checkout creates a sticky tag HEAD and you can't commit anything
with sticky non-branch tags. At the same time, cvs update will still
work.
Michael