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Re: Can't commit added file on a branch


From: Stephen Rasku
Subject: Re: Can't commit added file on a branch
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:23:22 -0800 (PST)

Larry Jones wrote:

>Stephen Rasku writes:
>> 
>> $ cvs add umo/.cvsignore
>> cvs server: scheduling file `umo/.cvsignore' for addition on branch 
>> `rel-2_3'
>> cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently
>> 
>> But when I try and commit, I get:
>> 
>> cvs [server aborted]: cannot check in to 
/ash/cvsroot/CVSROOT/Emptydir
>
>The umo directory does not map to any directory in your repository, 
so
>you can't add files to it.  (CVS 1.11 wouldn't have allowed you to 
add
>the file in the first place -- you may want to consider upgrading.)  

I don't want to upgrade due to a merge bug that exist in 1.11 but not 
1.10.8.

>If you want it to map to a directory in the repository, you'll have 
to
>change CVS/Repository to point to the correct directory instead of
>CVSROOT/Emptydir.

OK, that works.  Why would this happen?

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Stephen Rasku                   E-mail: stephen@tgivan.com
Senior Software Engineer        Web:    http://www.pop-star.net/
TGI Technologies




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