Re: Off topic: help with CVS, please!

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

Alan> I tried deleting cc-langs.el and
Alan>     # cvs update -r5.286 cc-langs.el

This will check out the revision but also make a sticky tag.
Copy cc-langs.el somewhere safe, then "cvs update -A".
Then copy it back.

Alan> There doesn't seem to be a nice
Alan> simple command like
Alan>     # cvs get -r5.286 cc-langs.el > /path/to/temp_file.el

You can use "cvs co -p" for this.

You can also do a reverse merge on a pristine tree:

   cvs update -j5.288 -j5.286 cc-langs.el

... or make a reverse patch that way and apply it.

Tom