CORRECTION. i make a super simple repository to check out your
suggestions
and don't know 1st time, but this time it worked. i created the
branch, updated,
edited and committed with no problem.
i think my problem in the original for-real repository, is that i'm
trying to commit a sticky revision,
not a sticky branch. over there i never did an update -r
<branchname>; i just
checked out what i thought was a branch, but was just a tag i guess.
argh!!!
i'm not even sure anymore what i did.
i'm lost.
here's the cvs status -v output for the real file that i'm trying to
commit (to the branch):
===================================================================
File: RCP.iap_xml Status: Locally Modified
Working revision: 1.6.2.1
Repository revision: 1.6.2.1 /home/cvs/repository/rcp/tools/
install_anywhere/conf/RCP.iap_xml,v
Commit Identifier: veSNKconrX7O6oSt
Sticky Tag: RCP_5_0_2 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
RCP_5_0_2 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
RCP_5_0_1 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
RCP_6_0_CVN (revision: 1.9)
RCP_5_0 (revision: 1.6)
RCP_4_9_2 (revision: 1.5)
RCP_4_9_1 (revision: 1.4)
RCP_4_9_0 (revision: 1.4)
yeah, under Existing Tags: there isn't a branch.
so how about if i check out the RCP_5_0_2 tag,
then:
$ cvs tag -r RCP_5_0_2 -b RCP_5_0_2
and then
$cvs up -r RCP_5_0_2
then edit and commit files from there?
lee
