Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On 11/05/2017 16:14, Richard Hipp wrote: On 5/10/17, Ron Aaron wrote: I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" Despite the help stating "Revert all files if no file name is provided", instead fossil

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

I'm on the road and may not be thinking clearly, but if you're trying to revert your entire tree to the state 6 or 7 commits ago, might it be easier to update to the commit you want, rename the first commit in the now unwanted branch, and continue on from the new root? -- Scott Robison

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

> > But in my experience, fossil revert is a rarely used command. > Both `fossil revert afile -r ver` and `fossil update ver afile` seem to be a synonymous way to fetch a file's revision. HOWEVER, there's an important distinction, `fossil update` would __merge-in uncommitted changes__ with the

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On May 11, 2017, at 5:03 AM, Richard Hipp wrote: > > On 5/11/17, Ross Berteig wrote: >> On 5/10/2017 8:54 PM, Ron Aaron wrote: >>> >>> I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" >> >> But in my experience, fossil revert is a

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

Thus said Ross Berteig on Wed, 10 May 2017 21:35:12 -0700: > But in my experience, fossil revert is a rarely used command. I use revert quite frequently to abandon changes I don't want anymore. I don't often use it with -r though. Andy -- TAI64 timestamp: 400059146dec

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 09:14:43AM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: > On 5/10/17, Ron Aaron wrote: > > I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" > > > > Despite the help stating "Revert all files if no file name is provided", > > instead fossil told

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On 5/10/17, Ron Aaron wrote: > I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" > > Despite the help stating "Revert all files if no file name is provided", > instead fossil told me, "the --revision option does not work for the > entire tree". Amid all

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On 2017-05-11 7:03, Richard Hipp wrote: Yeah. In fact, I didn't even remember that there was a 'revert' command. And even now, I'm not entirely clear what it does, or what it is intended to do. I use it a few times a year when I thoroughly mess up a file or two locally and need to go back

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx On 5/11/17, Ross Berteig <r...@cheshireeng.com> wrote: On 5/10/2017 8:54 PM, Ron Aaron wrote: I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" But in my experience, fossil revert is a rarely used command. Yeah. In fac

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:17:44PM +0300, Ron Aaron wrote: > Sorry, but I can't see how the terminology "... all files if no file > name is provided" could mean anything but what I assumed. > > It may not be used often, but in the event were one has decided, as I > did, that a certain number of

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On 5/11/17, Ross Berteig wrote: > On 5/10/2017 8:54 PM, Ron Aaron wrote: >> >> I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" > > But in my experience, fossil revert is a rarely used command. > Yeah. In fact, I didn't even remember that there was a

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

Sorry, but I can't see how the terminology "... all files if no file name is provided" could mean anything but what I assumed. It may not be used often, but in the event were one has decided, as I did, that a certain number of trunk changes (as in: the last 7) need to be reverted, it is what one

Re: [fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

On 5/10/2017 8:54 PM, Ron Aaron wrote: I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" Despite the help stating "Revert all files if no file name is provided", instead fossil told me, "the --revision option does not work for the entire tree". The help also says

[fossil-users] Problem with: fossil revert -r xxx

I tried to revert to a good revision 'xxx' using "fossil revert -r xxx" Despite the help stating "Revert all files if no file name is provided", instead fossil told me, "the --revision option does not work for the entire tree". This is with fossil 2.2 [81d7d3f43e] 2017-04-11 20:54:55 UTC *Ron