[cvsnt] Assigning revision

Remo Liechti remo.liechti at swisslog.com
Fri Nov 4 08:05:01 GMT 2005


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 If I got the point right this is never ever supported no more :(


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of 
> cvssteve at diablo-technologies.com
> Sent: Donnerstag, 3. November 2005 16:28
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> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Assigning revision
> 
> A quick related question on this topic.
> 
> Historically I've used CVS to develop ASIC RTL. We do not 
> check in the code on the MAIN trunk, but rather on a branch. 
> This model works extremely well for ASICs, (I doubt it would 
> work with software development).
> Once we get to the end of a project, I merge the code back to 
> the main trunk and re-branch so that both revisions of the 
> ASIC can continue.
> To keep the Branch numbers sensible (i.e. First ASIC on 1.1.2 
> and second on 2.1.2, I commit the merges specifically to revision 2.1.
> I used something like "cvs commit -f -r2.1 ..." although I 
> can't remember exactly.
> 
> Are you saying that this is no longer possible with CVSNT?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Bo Berglund
> Sent: November 2, 2005 3:42 AM
> To: Remo Liechti; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Assigning revision
> 
> You should NEVER EVER interfere with the file revision numbers!
> These are really internal CVS data to keep track of the 
> changes of files. You have no sensible way of using these and 
> so you should not try to set them either.
> 
> That is also why CVSNT has removed support for changing them 
> like you tried to do in recent versions. The capability still 
> exists in GNU CVS by what I understand, but it is no less of 
> a danger there.
> 
> Furthermore, revision numbers with zeros are *for special cvs 
> use only*!!!
> They are so called nagic revisions and are used by cvs to 
> keep track of things like branches etc. Never to be used by 
> the cvs user....
> 
> /Bo
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf Of Remo Liechti
> Sent: den 2 november 2005 08:36
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> Subject: [cvsnt] Assigning revision
> 
> 
> Hi there
> I'm using WinCVS. Now I got a file with the revision number 
> 1.36, and I need to change only this file to 2.0.
> In a CVS book I read that this is possible using:
> cvs -r commit -m myMessage -r 2.0 -- "MyDocument"
>  
> If I do so, I got the error:
> cvs commit: warning: unrecognized response `cvs server: 
> invalid option -- r' from cvs server
> 
> Seems like cvsNT does not support the forcing of a revision no more.
> What to do?
> 
> Thanks,
> Remo
> 
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