[cvsnt] Weird cvs update behaviour when using commit ids

[keith d. zimmerman]

Tony Hoyle wrote:
> keith d. zimmerman wrote:
> 
>> It should be noted here that this behaviour does not occur if the 
>> command line does not contain the "." (using "cvs udate -j @<commit -j 
>> @commit" in the top level directory works as I would expect it to)   
>> I'm assuming this is because using "." explicitly selects all files? 
>> Perhaps I should take this up with the tortoise cvs team instead at 
>> this point.
>>
> There are subtle differences in the way "." is processed and the current 
> directory (one of the crappier things about the old cvs code I'm working 
> on right now in fact, although it's a big job).
> 
> There isn't a lot that Tortoisecvs can do, if all they're sending is 
> what you typed...
> 

they could not send the ".", since it's operating in the current 
directory....

-kz