Re: Merge (-j) is removing new files

[Larry Jones]

Wayne Johnson writes:
> 
> I recently attempted to merge changes from this branch onto the trunk and
> found that the cvs up -j from_here -j to_here command was attempting to
> remove several files from the trunk.  
> 
> The problem is that the files had been newly added to the trunk and had
> never been on the maintanance branch.
> 
> Anyone have a clue as to why this happened.  

If you look at the problem files with "cvs status -v", you'll probably
find that they have the "from_here" tag but not the "to_here" tag. 

-Larry Jones

I've got PLENTY of common sense!  I just choose to ignore it. -- Calvin