Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:03:20 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current Message-ID: <20030131210320.A2834@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030201041710.GA57006@gothmog.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:17:10AM %2B0200 References: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net> <p05200f31ba5e4c0bbc26@[128.113.24.47]> <20030131120311.F16630@aurema.com> <20030131030916.GA11445@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030131034043.GA53996@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030131040506.GA11769@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030131043320.RQRP10203.pop017.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net> <20030131053832.GA11988@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030201041710.GA57006@gothmog.gr>
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* De: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> [ Data: 2003-01-31 ] [ Subjecte: Re: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current ] > On 2003-01-30 21:38, David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > > Thus spake Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>: > > > Use the r version of the cvs commands (like cvs rlog and rdiff). They operate on > > > the repository remotely, so you don't need to have the files checked out localy. > > > > That's a pretty good solution, and I use those occasionally. It > > would be a perfect solution if there were an 'rupdate', so I don't > > have to (cd /tmp; cvs co src/file/i/want.c) > > && cp /tmp/src/file/i/want.c /where/i/want/it > > && rm -rf /tmp/src > > all the time. > > # cd /tmp > # cvs -d 'repo magic' export -rHEAD src/file/i/want.c > > Does `cvs export' do the trick for you? Further, export -d somedir might be useful in this situation to get the files where you want them, though sometimes -d does not DWIM, so I'm not sure :) -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> AIM: BSDFlata -- IRC: juli on EFnet OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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