Re: Problems updating rep

[Russ Sherk]

On Apr 12, 2005 5:21 PM, Eduardo Mendes <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have added some doc (word for windows) and xls (excel) files to a rep.  What
> I did was:
> 
> cvs add zzz.pdf xxx.doc yyy.xls
> cvs ci -m "Adding doc and xls files"
> cvs admin -kb zzz.pdf xxx.doc yyy.xls
> 
> No problem so far, but when I try to cvs ci -m "Updating a file", cvs returns:
> 
> cvs commit: Examining .
> cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `zzz.pdf'
> cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `yyy.xls'
> cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `xxx.doc'
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> 
> What did I do wrong?
> 

Do a cvs up to refresh you local copies before checking in.  cvs admin
affects the repository, not your local files.

It won't destroy your changes (unless you use -C).  You should see
something like:
cvs update:
M `zzz.pdf'
M `yyy.xls'
M `xxx.doc'

> Many thanks
> 
> Ed

Regards,

--Russ