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RE: "<filename> created independently by second party"


From: Andy Jones
Subject: RE: "<filename> created independently by second party"
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:52:49 +0100

::slaps heel of hand to forehead::

That's what comes of being the CVS administrator *and* a programmer: I kept 
thinking it was a problem for administrator-me.
Thank you.

On Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:21 PM, Larry Jones [SMTP:address@hidden wrote:
> Andy Jones writes:
> > 
> > So when I went to commit the files back in my local working copy I got 
> > "<filename> created independantly by second party".  I couldn't merge away 
> > the conflict.  In the end I just cvs remove'd the version from the import.
> > 
> > My question is, was there a better, cleaner way out of that conflict?
> 
> Temporarily rename your local file; do a "cvs rm" on the original name
> to "unadd" it; update to get the file from the repository; check to be
> sure that you really want your local file instead; then rename your
> local file back, replacing the one you just got.
> 
> > Shouldn't a cvs update have merged the differences between the two 
> > versions?
> 
> As far as CVS knows, the two file have nothing whatsoever to do with
> each other.  Without a common ancestor, there's nothing to merge --
> you'd just have one big conflict with the entire contents of both files,
> so there's no point in even trying.
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
> Hello, local Navy recruitment office?  Yes, this is an emergency... -- Calvin




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