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Re: Files beginning with a minus sign
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Eric Siegerman |
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Re: Files beginning with a minus sign |
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:14:11 -0500 |
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:15:43AM +0000, Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:
> cvs commit -m "message" -- -filename.txt
>
> So now the cvs command itself ws happy, but the server complains with:
>
> up-to-date check failed for -filename.txt
Here are some possibilities (*not* tested):
1. cvs commit ./-filename.txt
Forward slash to hopefully keep CVS happy
2. cvs commit .\-filename.txt
Backslash to hopefully keep Windows happy
3. Same as (1), but do it on a UNIX box
4. Same as (1), but do it on the CVS server itself, in a local
(i.e. non-client-server) sandbox
If all else fails, and if you don't need the file's revision
history (but think twice about this!):
5. Just go into the repo and "rm ./-filename.txt,v" (I know the
"./" will keep rm happy; that variant I *have*, umm, tested, on
a number of occasions :-)
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