Re: What if I forgot to cvs checkout?

[Jim Hyslop]

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address@hidden wrote:
> I'm new to CVS and just downloaded the latest version and installed it
> on my Fedora Core 5 Linux system.  I have created my project in CVS,
> with module name "myproj".  My question is, let's say I forgot to
> checkout the files, then I edit a file and want to commit.  If I try
> and checkout at that point, won't the checkout process overwrite my
> newly-edited file?  Thus, how do I check that file (and others) in?

Well, if you don't check it out, you won't have a local copy to work
with, so it's really a non-issue. Or have I misunderstood your question?

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