RE: Overwriting trunk files with specific branch files

[Christopher.Fouts]

No, since this will copy the CVS dirs also. I do NOT want
to go from dir to dir (nested dir project) and copy just
the files.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: 
>address@hidden 
>[mailto:address@hidden
>org] On Behalf Of Andy Jones
>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:41 AM
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: Overwriting trunk files with specific branch files
>
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>1) Check out the tagged files from the branch into directory A.
>2) Check out the trunk into directory B.
>3) Copy all the files from A into B.
>4) Commit B.
>
>Does that work?
>
>
>On 16/08/05, address@hidden 
><address@hidden> wrote:
>> Thanks. I definitely do NOT want to do a manual copy.
>> 
>> I have tags for merging from branchA to branchB, both
>> off my trunk, but I don't have tags to handle the branchA
>> to trunk merges. Like you said, the '-j' trick is what
>> I need/want.
>> 
>> I've done this once, based on a suggestion from this
>> mailing list, but I just can't find my freaking notes!
>> 
>> -chris
>> 
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Douglas Wade Needham [mailto:address@hidden
>> >Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:53 AM
>> >To: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC)
>> >Cc: address@hidden
>> >Subject: Re: Overwriting trunk files with specific branch files
>> >
>> >
>> >Two options...
>> >
>> >1) Manually check out a copy of both, copy the version from 
>the branch
>> >   over to the working trunk copy and then checkin.
>> >
>> >2) Read the sections on merging in "Branching and merging" and have
>> >   cvs help you do it when you use a '-j' option.  If you 
>want a pure
>> >   100% overwrite, you may have to fall back to copying manually.
>> >
>> >When copying for a pure overwrite, be wary, in doing so, 
>you may end 
>> >up loosing deltas in your mainline which are required, and 
>break your 
>> >mainline.  And you should also remember to tag both the 
>trunk and the 
>> >branch as mentioned in "Merging from a branch several 
>times" when you 
>> >do so.  This will help you enormously in the future.
>> >
>> >Oh, and if you are a user of emacs, look though the ediff- 
>functions. 
>> >There are nice functions such as ediff-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
>> >which come in helpful here.  But they work on a file-by-file
>> >basis, and so are mostly useless if you are dealing with
>> >hundreds of files.
>> >
>> >- Doug
>> >
>> >Quoting address@hidden
>> >(address@hidden):
>> >> Say I have a trunk and branch named branchA. I have files on 
>> >> branchA tagged t_branchA_tagA. How can I overwrite my HEAD (on 
>> >> trunk) with the t_branchA_tagA files off my branchA?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Douglas Wade Needham - KA8ZRT        UN*X Consultant & UW/BSD
>> >kernel programmer
>> >Email:  cinnion @ ka8zrt . com       http://cinnion.ka8zrt.com
>> >Disclaimer: My opinions are my own.  Since I don't want them, why
>> >            should my employer, or anybody else for that matter!
>> >
>> 
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