>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:31:47 -0700 (PDT) >From: Veronica Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Should not check in after running CVS release command >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/17968 > >Hello, > >I'd imagine that I should not be able to edit, update or commit a file >after I run a "cvs release" command. However, after I ran the command >in both UNIX and WinCVS, I can still perform edit, update, commit a >file that has been "un-checked-out". > >Am I missing the spirit of "cvs release" here? Thanks in advance for >help. > >Veronica > If you do "release -d" it will delete the directory that you are releasing. That would, obviously, prevent you from editing, updating, etc. I tend to use release just to determine if I have any modified files that I should check in. The fact that you can perform CVS commands on a released workspace would be considered a bug by some of us (especially me). -- Stephen Rasku E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Software Engineer Phone: (604) 872-6676 TGI Technologies Web: http://www.tgivan.com/
