question about cvsignore

2001-11-29 Thread prhodes
Regarding cvsignore the Cederqvist manual says "The per-repository list in `$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore' is appended to the list, if that file exists." currently, my $CVSROOT/CVSROOT dir does not contains a cvsignore file. Is it sufficient to simply create the file in the directory, or do I nee

Re: Making a file writeable

2001-10-09 Thread prhodes
> When a Linux user goes a checkout of a module, all the files are > writeable and they stay that way even after a commit. When a Windows > user, however, does a checkout via WinCVS, all the files are read-only. > Is there a way to make them writeable via WinCVS? Also, when the files > are

DirectTalk and CVS

2001-10-09 Thread prhodes
Hi, just wondering if there are any DT developers on the list, who use CVS to manage your Rexx code? If so, I was wondering how other people manage their DT projects. Due to the nature of DT, it's most convenient to use your x:\dtalk directory as your working directory, in a sense, because that's

Handling project documentation using CVS

2001-10-12 Thread prhodes
Hello all, I was wondering if some of you nice people could give me some feedback on an issue I've been wrestling with. Besides the actual source code to a project, I also need the ability to version design documentation ( and maybe other stuff, but this is my immediate concern ). By design doc

Is it a good idea to use CVS for this??

2001-10-15 Thread prhodes
Hello all, I have been having an interesting discussion with a co-worker, and am looking for some additional thoughts. My organization is just adopting CVS, and source code management. ( don't even ask how we did it in the past, you don't wanna know ). Anyway, we have been discussing exactly

Re: Is it a good idea to use CVS for this??

2001-10-15 Thread prhodes
Greg, Thanks for your response. My general feeling all along was that this is a bad idea. But, my co-worker is adamant, and I really didn't have much in the way of a response for him when he asked "why is it a bad idea?" > CVS is not suited for derived files no matter what their internal