[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2000.07.20 14:14:21
>>"cvs up" is the ideal place to do this, not "cvs unedit". Like I
>said, "cvs
>>unedit" is to facilitate communication -- nothing more, nothing less.
>
>I think perhaps you are speaking as a cvs developer here not a cvs
>user. To me "cvs unedit" has a closer meaning in english for
>reverting files than "cvs update".
Yeah, I'd have to agree with you here. Don't blame me, I didn't pick
the names of the commands ;)
> But I guess the "cvs update -C"
>isn't technically reverting files. Its updating them and throwing
>away any local changes.
Yeah, this is true, too. A real revert would require "cvs up -p -r <current
revision> file >file". Unfortunately, I don't know of an easy way to get the
base revision number. This could be one or two new proposals:
1. allow a special flag to "cvs up" that means the base version (ie the version
checked out).
2. allow a special flag to "cvs stat" that returns the base version only (along
with the filename, of course).
>>I would still like to see "cvs unedit"
>>actually revert files (i.e. restore to the version you were editting
>>instead of the latest version).
Again, it'll currently restore to the version at the time of "cvs edit". If you
want some other behaviour, wrap cvs.
I think, like you pointed out, the confusion is in the unfortunate names for
"cvs edit" and "cvs unedit". Let me make my definitions clear:
"cvs edit": Advertises to watchers that you are modifying the file with the
intent of checking it in in the future. This is extremely similar to a checkout
in other VC tool terminology.
"cvs unedit": Advertises to watchers that you've changed your mind about
committing the file in the future. This is extremely similar to an uncheckout
in other VC tool terminology.
Noel
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