Hi! Why don't you just copy the file to another folder and make the CVS files uneditable. Then, when you copy the same to the CVS folder, it will be commitable and you can continue working on the local copy without any fear of making a wrong commit.
Gagneet > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ed Avis > Sent: Saturday, 13 December, 2003 2:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Stopping a modified file from being checked in > > > I would like to make some changes to a file in my working > copy, but definitely not check them in. Of course I wouldn't > deliberately run 'cvs commit', and I normally read through > diffs before checking in a change, but still I'm paranoid > that I might run 'cvs commit' in a parent directory and > accidentally check in my local changes. > > I'd like to mark the file so that it will not be committed. > I could do this by setting a sticky tag, but then 'cvs > update' will not merge changes into this file. Is there a > way I can mark a file to be updated _from_ the repository, > but not (until I deliberately unmark > it) to be committed _to_ the repository? > > -- > Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
