From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 12 12:54:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25510 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:54:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25412 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:53:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA15755; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:52:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:52:10 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Eivind Eklund cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs question In-Reply-To: <19980312211122.46447@follo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 03:00:57PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > I've made modifications to a small part of my checked out src tree that > > I don't want cvs to reset on me when I do an update. I remember > > something about using a .cvsignore file, but I don't see anything like > > what I seem to recall in the man page. > > What do you mean 'reset'? CVS don't "reset" anything for, it just > display questionmarks saying that it doesn't know anything about those > files. Thanks. I knew what I meant by reset (but you can't read my mind, can you?), I didn't want cvs to touch the files at all, under any circumstances, for about a month. I didn't want any updates merged. I think I can do that by using the .cvsignore, which it seems I _did_ have partially wrong, but your response is clear enough for me. Thanks. > > > I _think_ it was something like sticking an empty .cvsignore file in the > > top directory of the stuff I want ignored. Do I have it right? > > ~/.cvsignore contains filenames that should be ignored no matter what > dir they are in, one per line. > > /.cvsignore contains filenames that should be ignored in > _that_ directory, one per line. > > Eivind. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message