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Re: how do I cvs delete a file that starts with a hyphen?


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: how do I cvs delete a file that starts with a hyphen?
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:00:41 -0400 (EDT)

Francis Hwang writes:
> 
> That doesn't seem to work:
> 
> $ cvs commit -m "" OLDrare1.rhiz ./-temp
> 
> Removing OLDrare1.rhiz;
> /usr/local/cvsroot/rhizome_www/cgi-secure/OLDrare1.rhiz,v  <--
> OLDrare1.rhiz
> new revision: delete; previous revision: 1.1.1.1
> done
> Removing -temp;
> cvs commit: conflicting specifications of output style
> diff: invalid option -- m
> cvs commit: Try `diff --help' for more information.
> cvs [commit aborted]: error diffing -temp

Oh well.  In that case, you'll either have to go into the repository by
hand and rename or remove the file, or you'll have to download the
current development version of CVS and build a new server -- I just
checked in a fix for this problem.

-Larry Jones

I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. -- Calvin




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