Re: AW: Replacing a file in a working copy - Sorry

[Jim Hyslop]

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André Lähr wrote:
> Hi, thanks for your efforts to help!
>  
> I just figured out how to get it to work:
> 1. I update my local copy with a previous revision
> 2. I overwrite it with my actual file
> 3. I update with Head and the merge is done
>  
> I was just curious if it also works if I modify the Entries file of that
> directory. Just changing the rev# of the corresponding file. And it did
> work as well.

Don't do that. The files in the CVS subdirectory are for cvs's use. Do
not modify them, unless you know precisely what you are doing, otherwise
you will eventually corrupt your local directory, and possibly your
repository.

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Jim Hyslop
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