[cvsnt] "cvs remove" behaviour

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Wed Oct 22 10:49:01 BST 2003


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Flávio Viveiros de Castro Etrusco wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I recently faced an old (and not specific to cvsnt AFAIR) "cvs remove"
> problem: cvs conflicts if someone's copy isn't up-to-date and he/she "cvs
> removes" the file. Shouldn't just the "remove" operation override any
> change made? Is there any real-world reason for this?
> 
Yes... you can't change a file unless you have the latest revision on the
branch.  Removing is a change (it's actually a special type of revision).

Tony



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