[ On , September 1, 2000 at 08:03:45 (+0100), James Youngman wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Is this possible?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes:
>
> > [ On Wednesday, August 30, 2000 at 11:58:09 (-0400), Gary Smith wrote: ]
> > >
> > > Has anyone heard, seen or wanted the following feature. Also, is this
> > > available in cvs, wincvs or any other version control system?
> > >
> > > I need the ability to choose which changes I have made in a file to
> > > checkin. The default in most systems is to merge all the changes with
> > > those on the server. I would like to interactive say YES to the first
> > > change NO to the second, YES to the third change etc..
> > >
> > > Have I over looked something?
> >
> > SCCS has this ability by default (though I don't think it yet works 100%
> > correctly in GNU CSSC). This would imply that BitKeeper will have
> > similar functionaly underneath, though I'm not sure at the moment
> > whether or not they offer it directly to the user.
>
> The included/excluded deltas feature of SCCS does a slightly different
> thing. It allows you to check out a version of the controlled file,
> for editing if you choose, without applying the changes made in a
> specified list of previous checkins. In other words, SCCS doesn't
> allow you to (directly) choose to check in only some of the changes in
> your working file.
Ooops. I mistakenly read Gary's request the other way around.....
> And you're right, CSSC doesn't correctly support this feature.
>
> (And if anybody on the list actually understands what SCCS does about
> "ignored" deltas, please email me a clue...)
I can try to look in the real source and try to describe it if you'd
like....
You can get the real source yourself now from SCO in the SysIII
distribution that's freely available.
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