Re: Advice on proper use of CVS

[Larry Jones]

Pico Geyer writes:
> 
> cvs -Q update -p -r 1.7 build.xml > build.xml (1.8 being the latest
> version)
> cvs ci -m "reverted to 1.7 code"

That works fine.  Another approach is to use a reverse merge to back out
the change:

        cvs up -j1.8 -j1.7 build.xml

That's a bit less typing and it also preserves any local changes that
have been made to the file, but that's not a concern in your case.

> We should now all have version 1.9 after doing an update. Now the person
> needs to fix the error so he must get version 1.8 .Here is where I'm
> really confused.

Simply use either of the previous techniques again:

        cvs up -p -r1.8 build.xml >build.xml
        cvs up -j1.9 -j1.8 build.xml

Then make whatever corrections are required and commit.

-Larry Jones

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-- Calvin