Unable to add new files after checking out a tag

2002-05-02 Thread b_dompe
We bring a new tree up to date with the latest 'stamped' release by using "cvs update -r", where the release was created with "cvs tag -RF ". This seems to work for existing files. However, when people try to add a new file to the repository, they get the error "cannot add file on non-branch

Can I check out a new directory without getting the files in it?

2002-05-02 Thread b_dompe
I'm trying to find a way to check out a new directory without checking out the files within that directory. I currently execute "cvs co - l ", which gets the directory, but also any files that exist in it. There's -d, but that only gets empty directories. Is there a way to check out only th