To recap, I'm looking to a way to lock branches so that people don't accidentaly check out or commit to an 'inactive' branch. I also need the solution to work for those accessing CVSROOT vi the :ext: method.
cvs -n stat filename seems only to work from a 'sandbox' point of view. How would I use that in the context of a commitinfo script? On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:19:38PM -0700, Jerry Nairn wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:11 PM > > [ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 08:24:11 (+0530), > > Shubhabrata Sengupta wrote: ] > > > Wondering why this enhancement is needed in the commitinfo > > interface when > > > you can always get the branch information out of the > > CVS/Entries file which > > > is always available to the commitinfo script. > > > > I'm not sure the CVS/Entries file is always available, and in any case > > accessing it directly is a very very very bad hack. Its > > cvs -n stat filename > > works very well to get this kind of info from a commitinfo script. You get > it from the CVS/Entries file through a cvs command. > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] V-Net: 622-3286 Phone: 1-719-535-3286 Pager: 1-800-724-3624 # 140-1311 _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
