gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 04:29:56PM +0000, Tom Udale wrote:
> > Is checkout simply a 'convienient' way of saying update -d (or
> > perhaps with some other switches) or is there a more fundemental
> > difference?
>
> Sure there's a fundamental difference. checkout will create a new
> sandbox if none exists, update -d won't.
True. I originally thought that update would not add the CVS directories (in
the working set) at all, but with -d it will. I guess the real thing is
update -d cannot add that *very first* CVS directory.
> It never occured to me that you could use co as a synonym for up -d,
> mostly because I always want -P in conjunction with -d on update,
> but it sure looks like you can.
I see. What is the advantage of the -P (prune directories, if I recall) on
update?
Thanks for your help,
Tom
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