On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:08:15 +0100, Euan Guttridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Jim.Hyslop > Sent: 29 March 2005 17:59 > To: info-cvs@gnu.org > Subject: RE: Checkout's over checkouts. > > Euan Guttridge wrote: > > Thanks for the input Jim and Rick, to clarify > > > > Objective: > > - check out a branch to workspace > > - *overwrite* a number of those files in workspace from > > various tags (not > > update so there is no possibility of merge conflicts) > > - tag the consolidated workspace > > > > Caveats: > > - I can't specify tagged files by name (too many) > > - I will use two or more tag sets (of potentially 20 + files each) > > Thanks for the clarification. > > If you are starting with a fresh checkout, then you do not need to worry > about any kind of merge conflict. Conflicts only occur when you have > modified a file that is about to be merged. If you have not modified the > file locally, then there will be no conflict. > > [EUAN] That may occur if tag1 contains the same files as tag2 > > > Objective 2 seems to conflict with Caveat 1. How will you determine which > files to overwrite? Also, how frequently will you do this - is this a > one-time task, or will this be done more than once? > > [EUAN] A number of files will have the same tag, i.e. if you check out tag1 > you will get 20 files. This will be done weekly. > > -- > Jim Hyslop > Senior Software Designer > Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com ) > Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts ) > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > Info-cvs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > Info-cvs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs >
If it is needed weekly, probably you want to create a script to do this. cvs rtag BIG_TAG <base module> cvs rtag -F -rTag1 BIG_TAG <list of files> cvs rtag -F -rTag2 BIG_TAG <list of other files> . . . cvs co -rBIG_TAG <base module> --Russ _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
