It's actually to see the copy forensically as it appeared on the original system. For example, if the original programmer referred to it as 2.7, I'd like to see that. I'm just curious if it can be done, one-time or not.
I can just copy the working copy to my local sandbox and see this fine, but I'd like to move that to the repository if possible... - Robert "Jim.Hyslop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Robert D. Young wrote: > > Is there a way to take a working copy from someone and add it > > to my own > > repository? I was given a working copy from someone's local machine > > (complete w/CVS admin files), and I want to somehow > > add/import the copy to > > my own repository so I see the version numbers as they were > > on the original > > repository. I can't go back and get any more info from the original > > repository > Why do you want the version numbers to be the same? The only thing that you > and I should care about version numbers is that they are used to identify > two different versions of the file. We should not care about the exact > version number, especially if they are from two different repositories. > > Let's step back a moment, and look at your overall objective. You seem to be > copying files from one repository to another. Why? Is this a one-time copy, > or will you be doing this on a regular basis? > > -- > Jim Hyslop > Senior Software Designer > Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com) > Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) > > > > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
