[cvsnt] Re: Missing rev on symbol in RCS header?

Chris Morris cvsnt at clabs.org
Thu Aug 5 20:02:43 BST 2004


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> A tag should have a revision.... I'm not sure why one wouldn't (there
> may be a way to generate such a thing with cvs admin).  If the file
> reads OK it's probably harmless.

It seems to be, but a third-party repository browser** I'm working with 
is getting hung up on it trying to parse it, so I reckon I'll fix it by 
sticking the rev in there that should be there. Just wanted to make sure 
the problem was in a weird RCS header, and not a bug in the third-party 
parsing code.

Well ... thinking about it more -- if CVS is called on to pull that file 
on that tag -- what's it going to do? Default to the tip? Isn't it sunk 
not knowing which rev to pull?

(**FishEye is the product - currently only in beta, but I'm one of the 
few (if only) CVSNT participants, so I'm helping make sure they support 
CVSNT -- it's a great, great product. My current team is hooked. 
http://fisheye.cenqua.com/)

--
Chris
http://clabs.org



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