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Re: "cvs commit: nothing known about 'filename'"


From: Paul Hughett
Subject: Re: "cvs commit: nothing known about 'filename'"
Date: 19 May 2002 15:59:44 GMT
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Sven Sandberg <address@hidden> wrote:

: When I run

:    cvs -d:ext:address@hidden:blah commit -m 'message' filename

: I get the message:

:    cvs commit: nothing known about 'filename'
:    cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!

: It only happens with some files, not all. Does anyone know what
: it means? Thanks in advance,

It probably means that you forgot to do

   cvs -d:ext:address@hidden:blah add filename
                              ^^^ 

to tell cvs that you're adding this file to the repository.  Also
possible is that you've misspelled the filename or that you're in the
wrong directory.

Paul Hughett


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