[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, but how does one get a project started without using import?  The
> Cederqvist manual gives no other way to start a project besides using
> import (ch. 3).  And going over all the commands listed with cvs
> --help-commands, I don't see any other command to start a project
> with.
That's because there is no single command to do that. You need to add an
entry to the CVSROOT/modules file, then create the corresponding directory
in the repository and check it out. From there, you use 'cvs add'.

> BTW, what got me started looking into all this was trying to find some
> algorithm for determining the branch (if any) a given checked out
> revision belongs to, based on the info genertated by "cvs status -v".
> As best as I can figure, this is the algorithm:
[etc].

Wouldn't it just be easier to look at the "sticky tags" field of the status
report? Or am I missing something here?

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)


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