[cvsnt] Re: Using CVS add instead of cvs import

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Tue Aug 17 01:07:27 BST 2004


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Siegfried Heintze wrote:
> I'm looking at the Essential CVS book and there is a section on using the
> command
> 
> cvs checkout -l -d cvsroot .
> 
> as an alternative to using "cvs import" (page 157).

That can't be right...  checkout != import.

A quick check shows that this does *not* do anything like an import and 
the book is in error - in fact what it actually does is exactly what it 
looks like it does, checkout the root of the repository into a subdirectory.

Do not do this, things will get horribly confused.

Tony



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