[cvsnt] Re: cvsnt 2.0.19 (and 2.0.22, not 2.0.21), cvs up -C works only for :local:

[Glen Starrett]

Tony Hoyle wrote:

> As I wrote a while back, when I first started using cvs, update -C was 
> broke and I never used it again until someone complained it broke a 
> couple of months ago.

I use it through TortoiseCVS once in awhile.  I never had trouble with 
it (but Tortoise isn't on that recent of a version cvsnt either).  It's 
possible that you never heard anything on it because always worked.

> The code is quite tricky as it needs to handle case sensitivity 
> changes.  eg. if there are two files Fred and FRED, then whatever one 
> you check out should be the one that is updated, and the other one 
> should just generate a warning.  'Update -S' essentially reverses this 
> logic so you get the other file - once a case is selected it should be 
> preserved, even across an update -C (which is one good reason not to 
> go around deleting files).  The old Unix code would simply alternate 
> randomly between files, which wasn't particularly useful.  As it is it 
> seems to work well enough, but could really do with server-side 
> support, which may be added at some point.
>
Nasty, case sensitive problems on a non-sensitive platform.  Personally 
I expect trouble if I mess with case sensitivity, so I try to aviod 
those problems.  Doesn't help here, I know.  I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Regards,

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Glen Starrett