Re: [FAQ?] revert to current version

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Sergei Organov <address@hidden> writes:

> Steve <address@hidden> writes:
> > On 16/2/06 19:04, in article
> > address@hidden, "Ted Stern"
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> So is that possible, or is my -p method the most concise way possible?
> >> 
> >> Ted
> >
> > cvs update -C foobar
> 
> I think that's exactly what OP asked for, but does anybody know how to
> just get rid of local changes *without* updating the source to the
> latest version from repository?

For a single file:

   cvs update -rBASE -p foobar > foobar

For a group of files, using bourne shell scripting

   for file in `cvs -qn update | awk '/^[MC] / {print $NF}'`;\
   do cvs update -rBASE -p $file > $file; echo Reverted $file;  done
 
> One way that I see is:
> 
> $ cvs diff -u foobar | patch -p0 -R
> 
> 
> Can it be done without help of external tools?

For single files, yes.

        -- Mark
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