Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-17 Thread Mark D. Baushke
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:24:27 -0400 (EDT) Russ Tremain writes: you can use -D with -r tag, but sometimes it is confusing. if tag is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might not get what you expect. If you specify both a specific

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-16 Thread Russ Tremain
At 4:24 PM -0700 4/12/01, Larry Jones wrote: Russ Tremain writes: you can use -D with -r tag, but sometimes it is confusing. if tag is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might not get what you expect. If you specify both a specific revision and a specific date, I don't see how you

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-16 Thread Larry Jones
Russ Tremain writes: IMHO, the semantics for -r are confusing. Sometimes it means a branch, and sometimes it means an exact revision. It's even worse for CVS -- exactly the same symbolic tag can be a revision tag in one file and a branch tag in another! -Larry Jones These things just seem

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-16 Thread Gerhard Sittig
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 13:57 -0400, Larry Jones wrote: Russ Tremain writes: IMHO, the semantics for -r are confusing. Sometimes it means a branch, and sometimes it means an exact revision. It's even worse for CVS -- exactly the same symbolic tag can be a revision tag in one file

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-12 Thread Russ Tremain
you can use -D with -r tag, but sometimes it is confusing. if tag is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might not get what you expect. -Russ At 10:56 PM -0700 4/11/01, David L. Martin wrote: David L. Martin writes: I'd like to be able to checkout from a branch but take revisions that

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Russ Tremain writes: you can use -D with -r tag, but sometimes it is confusing. if tag is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might not get what you expect. If you specify both a specific revision and a specific date, I don't see how you would know *what* to expect. -Larry Jones In

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-11 Thread Larry Jones
David L. Martin writes: I'd like to be able to checkout from a branch but take revisions that are older than a specified date. Since the -D and -r are both sticky, they apparently cannot be used in combination. Does anyone know of a workaround or combination of commands to do this?

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-11 Thread David L. Martin
David L. Martin writes: I'd like to be able to checkout from a branch but take revisions that are older than a specified date. Since the -D and -r are both sticky, they apparently cannot be used in combination. Does anyone know of a workaround or combination of commands to do

Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-10 Thread David L. Martin
I'd like to be able to checkout from a branch but take revisions that are older than a specified date. Since the -D and -r are both sticky, they apparently cannot be used in combination. Does anyone know of a workaround or combination of commands to do this? Also, does the -D option only apply