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Re: Help! Branch/attic mess
From: |
kynn |
Subject: |
Re: Help! Branch/attic mess |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:23:07 -0400 (EDT) |
Cc: address@hidden
From: "Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden>
<address@hidden> writes:
> > From: "Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden>
> > ...
> > cvs checkout -d top . # checkout all of your modules
>
> Wow. I've never before seen '.' used in the modules slot
> for checkout. I just scoured the manual trying to find
> documentation on this, but no luck. Is this usage
> documented anywhere?
I don't recall it being explicitly mentioned. However, the
cvs-1.11.16/src/sanity.sh uses th is in many tests including
the basica test, so I don't think of it as being all that
secret.
*Finally* I get it. "." refers to "$CVSROOT/." Doh!
I tend to forget that, at least as far as "cvs checkout" is concerned,
"Project" is pretty much equivalent to "any directory under $CVSROOT".
I.e.
cvs checkout -d top .
and
cvs checkout -d top ././/.///CVSROOT/.././
and even (lo and behold)
cvs checkout -d top ''
have the exactly same effects.
Actually, the above was a bit of an overstatement. Maybe it should be
rephrased as "Project" is pretty much equivalent to "any directory
under $CVSROOT, or a module mentioned in $CVSROOT/modules"
kj
RE: Help! Branch/attic mess, Jim.Hyslop, 2004/06/03
- RE: Help! Branch/attic mess, Tom Copeland, 2004/06/03
- Branch mess, and starting a project with import, Peter S. May, 2004/06/03
- Re: Branch mess, and starting a project with import, Greg A. Woods, 2004/06/04
- Re: Branch mess, and starting a project with import, Larry Jones, 2004/06/04
- Re: Branch mess, and starting a project with import, Greg A. Woods, 2004/06/08
- Re: Branch mess, and starting a project with import, Larry Jones, 2004/06/08
Re: Help! Branch/attic mess, kynn, 2004/06/03
Re: Help! Branch/attic mess, kynn, 2004/06/03