RE: Reverting some files based on tags while leaving others (without

[Amundsen, Eric]

Thanks ... boy is my face red.  I was using way outdated docs before the vendor branch was implemented.

Eric


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Jones [mailto:address@hidden]
Sent: Fri 9/28/2007 2:53 PM
To: Amundsen, Eric L.
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Reverting some files based on tags while leaving others (without

Eric Amundsen writes:
>
> Here's my scenario:  we have a couple of hundred machine gen'd files.
> We are hand moding a couple of them.  We also have a vendor who we
> originally we got the files from, who may also be moding a few of them.
> So I have this module with all these files in it, a few of which I want
> to tag as modified by us.  Then we'll get a new shipment of files from
> our vendor.

This is exactly the scenario that CVS's Vendor Branch stuff was intended
to address.  Please see the manual for the "right" way to handle it:

        <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_13.html#SEC103>

-Larry Jones

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