Bradley Baetz wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:07:53 -0800, Darin Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>no problem... but for future reference, you can cvs add the files to >>your local tree, and then use cvs diff -uN to generate a diff that >>includes the new files. it'd be good to add such a diff to the tree to >>make it easier for others to review your changes. >> >> > > Not unless you have write access. You can fake it by using cvsdo.pl from > http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/ though, if you're just adding/removing > files - directories have to be done server-side. > > Bradley > that sucks! i don't know why cvs has to be so restrictive. it doesn't seem to make any sense, since the required changes would only effect the local tree. for example, i checked out a CVS tree as user anonymous and added this line to a CVS/Entries file: /foo/0/dummy timestamp// after having created a file called "foo" then cvs diff -uN gave me the results i wanted. so obviously server modifications are not required. darin
