[cvsnt] Re: Checking out read only files

[Torsten Martinsen]

Bo Berglund wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:40:13 -0800, David Vo <vo.david at gmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>How do I check out read only files? I'm using a cvs checkout
>><modulename> which checks out my files with normal attributes.
>>
>>When I checked out files in another module, which was put into source
>>control with earlier versions of CVS, I'm forced to use the edit
>>command and they're marked read-only.
>>
>>Now I'm confused because it seems like a checkout on modules recently
>>created does an automatic edit.
>>
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>
>There is an option for cvs co that tells cvs to put read-only flags on
>the sandbox files.
>If you use WinCvs you can set this in the checkout dialog and it will
>remain until you uncheck it.
>
Or to avoid having to do this on every client, do it the proper way and 
run "cvs watch on" in the top folder of the sandbox.

-Torsten