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Re: shooting one's self in the foot.
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: shooting one's self in the foot. |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:16:21 -0400 (EDT) |
address@hidden writes:
>
> The use of samba means I can check a file out of the repository on
> Unix (local) to a (local) sandbox and access the files on Unix (local)
> or W2K (samba) "I DON'T SHARE THE REPOSITORY" (actually I do ... but
> nobody has access :-)
Not sharing the reppository is good; sharing the working directories is
still bad. Sooner or later you'll run afoul of the different line
ending conventions, and Samba directories usually have screwey
permission problems.
> Second doing most CVS stuff from the Unix box works just fine. Doing
> similar things via pserver causes odd problems.
>
> cvs -d release
>
> Does nothing on NT (it prints messages)
What kind of messages -- error messages? That's probably because of
Samba.
> What I really want to do is:
>
> cvs --what-did-I-change wwwroot
>
> And get a simple list of filenames that changed. I can then review if
> I want to commit or abandon the changes.
cvs -nq update wwwroot
> cvs -d release <something>
>
> cvs checkout <something> --- Since other developers may have
> changed (e.g deleted)
> file/directory structure.
There's no need to release and re-checkout, just update with -d.
-Larry Jones
Whatever it is, it's driving me crazy! -- Calvin