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Re: Newbie: update vs. checkout
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Frederic Brehm |
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Re: Newbie: update vs. checkout |
Date: |
Wed, 26 May 2004 14:33:17 -0400 |
At 01:31 PM 5/26/2004, Irving Kimura wrote:
the difference between update and checkout
Checkout creates a brand new sandbox (working directory) from some version
of files in the repository. Usually this is the HEAD version, but you can
specify others.
Update makes the files in an existing sandbox correspond to some version of
files in the repository merged with local changes if necessary. Usually
this is the HEAD version of some branch, but you can specify others.
I think that checkout can act like update (in WinCVS only?) if it is run
from an existing sandbox. Ignore that behavior. It's too confusing.
Fred
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Frederic W. Brehm, Sarnoff Corporation, http://www.sarnoff.com/