On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 09:21:33AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >Usually, to avoid confusion, I don't even do that: I just set the > >cvsroot for the few commands that need it using the -d switch. For > >example: > > > > cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs co foo > > > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/bar login > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/bar co quux > > > >... then, after that, drop the -d switch and its argument. > > Does this then carry all three values as CVSROOT? are you appending or > replacing?
-d uses the cvsroot you give *for that command only*. The working directory checked out by CVS has a CVS/Root file in it, which CVS uses from then on to track the current cvsroot. > I assume then you have to just make sure that no two repositories are > working on a project by the same name? No need. CVS will figure it out. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
