Nigel Morse wrote:
>
> So why is it called checkout? It's more of a copyout or retrieve coz it
> doesn't actually checkout anything....
>
Because in CVS the checkout is what gives you the ability to
check in? It copies out the data and also puts the necessary
metadata in the CVS directories.
I would think that export would be a closer analog of a copyout
or retrieve.
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