Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:10:57 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about cvs(1) Message-ID: <20001110191057.A257@parish> In-Reply-To: <20001110010544.388C91F28@static.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 05:05:44PM -0800 References: <20001109183355.B254@parish> <20001110010544.388C91F28@static.unixfreak.org>
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 05:05:44PM -0800, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> > Further investigation revealed that share/ was missing in /usr/www. I
> > checked that it was in my repo, then ran:
> >
> > cvs update -P www
> >
> > but it didn't check it out. I then used
> >
> > cvs checkout www
> >
> > and this worked (and updated some other stuff as well). I've read the
> > cvs(1) manpage (several times) and I am certain that ``checkout'' is used
> > for creating the tree initially and then ``update'' should maintain the
> > tree, including checking out new files/dirs, deleting ones that have been
> > removed from the repo, and updating changed files/dirs.
> >
> > So why did ``update'' fail to check out www/share? I realize that I
> > may
>
> Becuase unless otherwise specified, 'update' goes through every
> directory *in the checked out copy* and looks for new files. It
> doesn't look for new directories in the respository. From cvs(1):
>
> Use the -d option to create any directories that
> exist in the repository if they're missing from the
> working directory. (Normally, update acts only on
> directories and files that were already enrolled in
> your working directory.)
>
Ah thank you. I hadn't read that far down because the description of the
``update'' option seemed clear enough:
update Bring your working directory up to date with
changes from the repository. Merges are performed
automatically when possible; a warning is issued if
manual resolution is required for conflicting
changes. (Changes working directory; does not
change repository.)
> So, instead of `cvs update -P www`, you would do `cvs update -Pd www`.
>
> As to why checkout didn't get share/ in the first place, I do not
> know.
>
> Hope this helps
>
It does. Thanks.
> --
> Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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>
> Life would be much easier if we could just read the source code.
>
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