[cvsnt] cvs commit -r gone?

[Chuck Kirschman]

It's the usual reason Bo; it's just more convenient to script that way, 
especially for updating a version number or something like that.  I 
reworked my scripts to do the update - commit cycle.

Thanks
chuck

Bo Berglund wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:54:02 -0400, Chuck Kirschman
> <Chuck.Kirschman at Nosp_am.bentley.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I just updated to cvsNT 2.5.3.2382, and a command we used to use has 
>>stopped working.
>>
>>	cvs commit -r BRANCH_1_1 foo.c
>>
>>Apparently the -r option is no longer available in the commit command. 
>> How do I do the equivalent commit a file to the tip of a branch in the 
>>newest versions?
> 
> 
> The normal procedure for working on a branch is:
> 
> 1) Update the module to the branch:
>   cvs update -r BRANCH_1_1
> 
> 2) Edit the file(s) you need to change
> 
> 3) Commit the canges:
>   cvs commit -m "some log messsage"
> 
> Now the edits are going to the tip of the branch.
> 
> Why do you think that you need to specify the branch to send the edit
> to in the first place? Step 1 above can also be applied to single
> files if you like and the following commands are still the same....
> 
> 
> /Bo Berglund