RE: add log message to an unaltered file

[Rick Genter]

> From: address@hidden 
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> On Behalf Of Larry Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:00 PM
> To: eric63
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: add log message to an unaltered file
> 
> eric63 writes:
> > 
> > I think this is the right track, but the comment "disables 
> recursion" raises
> > a question.  If I do:
> > 
> > cvs commit -R -f -m "production deployed on 19 Dec 2007" *
> > 
> > Will cvs add this message to all the files (use the -R 
> recursion) or just
> > the files in this directory (ignores -R)?
> 
> Just the files in the current directory (ignore -R), but 
> that's because
> options are processed in order so the -R enables recursion (which it
> already is by default) and then the following -f disables it.  If you
> put the -R *after* the -f:
> 
>       cvs commit -f -R -m "production deployed on 19 Dec 2007" *
> 
> then it will work recursively like you want (-f disables 
> recursion then
> -R enables it again).

Thanks, Larry; I just confirmed that with our test repository.

That's obscure, though. I don't think I ever would have figured that out
without looking at the source code...
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Rick Genter
Principal Software Engineer
Silverlink Communications
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