Re: Doing an rtag inside a commit?

[Derek R. Price]

Andrew Gilmartin wrote:

> I want to automatically tag a committed file with a defect number. The
> number is recorded in the commit message. Using rtag in a script called by
> loginfo results in
>
>         cvs rtag: [11:28:35] waiting for ajg's lock in
> /seagate/users/ajg/xxx/repository/m1
>
> And, obviously, it will wait forever. Does anyone have a workaround for
> this?

Backgrounding it should work, just as for log ('command args &' - see the
Cederqvist on keeping a checked out copy:
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#IDX538 ).  You'll be creating a
race condition if you're not telling tag exactly which revisions should be
tagged however.  Not one that would probably be encountered too often, but
you are.

Derek

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