Re: Branching and add file problem (repost)

[Gerald Brandt]

Hi,

The initial add was on the branch (hence the files being in the attic).
The update was also done on the branch.

Thanks,
Gerald

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Derek R. Price wrote:

> It sounds like the initial commit of the new files was to a branch and
> you were updating the main trunk.  You might try reading through the
> following section of the manual.
> 
>     http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_5.html#SEC54
> 
> Derek
> 
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> address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just branched a project.  In that project, I cvs removed all the
> > file in a particular directory.  I then added a lot of new files,
> > including some subdirectories.
> >
> > When I go to another computer to do an update, all of the old files
> > are removed, all of the new files in the directory are added, and all
> > of the sub directories are created.
> >
> > However, the subirectories are empty.  They do not contain the checked
> > in files.  In fact, they don't even have a CVS directory.
> >
> > When I did an update -P -d -r branch_tag, things got even weirder.
> > The sub-directories were populated with the correct files, but there
> > was still no CVS directory created.
> >
> > I'm not sure what is going on.  I check the repository, and all of the
> > new files I added were put int the Attic (I on't really care, as long
> > as CVS handles it).  Also, the new subdirectories had Attics created,
> > and all of the file in the sub dir also went into the Attic.  The
> > strange part is that the files in the sub dirs Attic are read only.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > I did all of the adds and updates with WinCVS 1.1b17 talking to CVS
> > 1.11 on Linux.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gerald
> 

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