Re: back up of cvs repository

2004-06-03 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
Hello, * On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 07:31:19AM +0100 Ramanuj Singh wrote: > > How to take the backup of cvs repository. The back up has to be taken > up on tapes. 1. Make sure no-one accesses your repository for the whole time! 2. Make a tarball of your cvsroot: tar czf 3. Re-allow accesses to yo

back up of cvs repository

2004-06-03 Thread Ramanuj Singh
How to take the backup of cvs repository. The back up has to be taken up on tapes. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and / or privileged Material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or

Parsing history from the branch name

2004-06-03 Thread Yamuna Ramasubramaniyan
Hello, When doing cvs history -c -D "date", is there any way to find out which branch the commit occurred in? I am using cvs 1.11.1p1. -Thanks, Yamuna ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread kynn
From: "Mark D. Baushke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, but how does one get a project started without using import? A typical set of commands might be CVSROOT=/path/to/your/repository; export CVSROOT cvs init# create the repository a

Re: Branch mess, and starting a project with import

2004-06-03 Thread Peter S. May
Jim.Hyslop wrote: Indeed, the CVS Book 3rd edition ( http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ ) around page 31 outlines cvs import as the way to start a new module in the repository. Well, that is _one_ way to do it, but I really think it's a mis-use of the import command. You still have to create the entry

RE: Branch mess, and starting a project with import

2004-06-03 Thread Jim.Hyslop
Peter S. May wrote: > Tom Copeland wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:43, Jim.Hyslop wrote: > > > > Hm, that's interesting. I've always started projects in > CVS by doing an > > import of some existing directory tree... just seems to > remove some of > > the tediousness of lots of cvs adds

Starting a project with import, cont.

2004-06-03 Thread Peter S. May
I almost neglected to mention one more thing--the CVS book also suggests that, after you check a project in for the first time with cvs import, you should (backup and) delete the copy you just checked in, then check it back out. That way, the copy of the project you end up with is the CVS sand

Branch mess, and starting a project with import

2004-06-03 Thread Peter S. May
Tom Copeland wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:43, Jim.Hyslop wrote: Hm, that's interesting. I've always started projects in CVS by doing an import of some existing directory tree... just seems to remove some of the tediousness of lots of cvs adds of directories... Indeed, the CVS Book 3rd edition (

Re: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread kynn
From: "Jim.Hyslop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:43:14 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BTW, what got me started looking into all this was trying to find some > algorithm for determining the branch (if any) a given checked out > revision belongs to, based on the

Re: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread kynn
X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jim.Hyslop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:43:14 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, but how does one get a project started without using import? The > Cederqvist manual gives no other way to start a project besides using

Re: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, but how does one get a project started without using import? A typical set of commands might be CVSROOT=/path/to/your/repository; export CVSROOT cvs init # create the repository and the CVSROOT m

RE: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread Tom Copeland
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:43, Jim.Hyslop wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, but how does one get a project started without using import? The > > Cederqvist manual gives no other way to start a project besides using > > import (ch. 3). And going over all the commands listed with cvs > > --he

Re: Fwd: basic question

2004-06-03 Thread Larry Jones
Alex v.Below writes: > > If you need to control read/write permissions, I suggest a pserver > combined with an ssh tunnel. There's usually no need for such complication, just use pure ssh with normal OS permissions to control access. -Larry Jones What a waste to be going to school on a morning

RE: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread Jim.Hyslop
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, but how does one get a project started without using import? The > Cederqvist manual gives no other way to start a project besides using > import (ch. 3). And going over all the commands listed with cvs > --help-commands, I don't see any other command to start a pro

Re: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread kynn
From: "Jim.Hyslop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:28:27 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The interaction below illustrates the sources of my confusion. > Basically, I start a project Foo which initially consists of a single > file foo. Afterwards, I add and comm

Re: Version numbers question

2004-06-03 Thread Larry Jones
Mala T writes: > > I have 2 questions about version numbers. First, is > there any limit on the number of versions we can have > for a file in cvs? Only the maximum value of an integer on your system and the amount of disk space you have available to hole the repository. > will it ever be 2.1 an

Version numbers question

2004-06-03 Thread Mala T
Hi Sorry for the long mail. I have 2 questions about version numbers. First, is there any limit on the number of versions we can have for a file in cvs? Suppose we keep updating a file from 1.1. If there are 200 revisions, will it be 1.200 and so on? Upto what number does it get incremented? will

RE: Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread Jim.Hyslop
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am a CVS newbie, and I'm having a very hard time with some very > basic CVS concepts. First of all, let me say that CVS is behaving perfectly normal and properly. > The interaction below illustrates the sources of my confusion. > Basically, I start a project Foo which

Help! Branch/attic mess

2004-06-03 Thread kynn
I am a CVS newbie, and I'm having a very hard time with some very basic CVS concepts. The interaction below illustrates the sources of my confusion. Basically, I start a project Foo which initially consists of a single file foo. Afterwards, I add and commit a new file bar. Finally, I issue a

scm module in CVS (was Reports generation in CVS)

2004-06-03 Thread Frederic Brehm
At 10:04 AM 6/2/2004, Jim.Hyslop wrote: Fred, this sounds very useful. Would you be able to provide a more detailed description of this scm module, and perhaps the scripts as well? I use the "scm" module (it goes by different names in different projects) to encode the project specific software con

Fwd: basic question

2004-06-03 Thread Alex v . Below
If you only have known users, and all users have both read/write access, I suggest pure ssh. Please check the cvs documentation how to set this up, if you know how to set up ssh connections, it is really easy. If you need to control read/write permissions, I suggest a pserver combined with an ssh

basic question

2004-06-03 Thread Jean LEE
Hello,   I'm new to CVS and I would like to install a cvs server on a linux worksation and a cvs client on a WinXP workstation. I would like to access the cvs server with a secure protocol.   What are the tools (cvs, wincvs, cvsnt, ...) and protocol (gserver, ssh,...) which are required or be