RE: checkout works different with and without -r HEAD

[Aggarwal, Vineet]

As a quick solution, before we update cvs, can I move the files out of
the Attic manually? In case that causes problems, can it be safely
undone.

Regards,
Vinnie
x38573


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Jones [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:37 PM
To: Aggarwal, Vineet
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: checkout works different with and without -r HEAD

Aggarwal, Vineet writes:
> 
> When I checkout a project, not all files are checked out. These files
> were created on a branch and the branch later merged to the trunk.
> However, it works if I specify '-r HEAD' with checkout command.
Similar
> behavior is noticed with other commands such as rtag.
> Is this how it should be or I am doing something wrong here? Also,
what
> is the difference between dead state and a file in Attic directory.

No, that is not how it should be, but you're probably not doing anything
wrong, either.  There was a bug in CVS that caused it to not move files
out of the Attic under certain circumstances.  That was fixed a long
time ago, so you should be sure that you're running a fairly up-to-date
version of CVS.  The rule is that a file should be in the Attic if, and
only if, it is dead on the trunk.

-Larry Jones

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