[cvsnt] Sticky option (-ko) permanent or only on in working directory?

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Fri Aug 18 12:15:31 BST 2006


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Nick Duane wrote:
> While adding files to my CVS repository I found some files had keywords in 
> them.  I didn't want them expanded (third party source) so I put the file 
> back to its original state and did:
> 
> cvs update -ko <file>
> cvs commit -m "..." <file>
> 

Unless you do a commit -f the local expansion is not stored in the file. 
  This is to stop accidental changes of the expansion options.

You could also redefine the keywords that are used in the 3rd party 
source to be something else locally so you have both.

Tony


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