I use "tla replay" instead of "tla update" to avoid this problem. The replay command does not peroform the undo/redo cycle.
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:46:00PM -0800, Colin Fox wrote: > Can anyone explain why the following happens: > > 1. Create a directory in an already arch-controlled tree > 2. tla add the dir > 3. Put a file in to the dir, without an arch-tag. > 4. Do a "tla update", updating your tree from someone else's changes > 5. tla actually DELETES the directory, rather than just moving it off to > a safe place. > > I just lost some critical work, because I forgot to put an arch-tag in > one file (out of 20 or so) that I was working on. > > This is incredibly frustrating. Why on earth would anyone expect a 'tla > update' to actually discard any of your files? > > There is a ,,what-changed directory, but it's EMPTY. :( > -- > Colin Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CF Consulting Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Gnu-arch-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users > > GNU arch home page: > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ -- Comtech AHA Corp. Tom Hansen 1126 Alturas Drive Sr. Design Engineer Moscow, ID 83843-8331 Phone (208) 892-5610 http://www.aha.com FAX (208) 892-5601 _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/
