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Re: Off topic: help with CVS, please!
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: Off topic: help with CVS, please! |
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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:09:11 +0000 |
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Hi, Tom!
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:02:51PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
> Alan> I tried deleting cc-langs.el and
> Alan> # cvs update -r5.286 cc-langs.el
> This will check out the revision but also make a sticky tag.
> Copy cc-langs.el somewhere safe, then "cvs update -A".
> Then copy it back.
Done that. It worked!
> Alan> There doesn't seem to be a nice
> Alan> simple command like
> Alan> # cvs get -r5.286 cc-langs.el > /path/to/temp_file.el
> You can use "cvs co -p" for this.
Does cvs checkout work on a single file?
> You can also do a reverse merge on a pristine tree:
> cvs update -j5.288 -j5.286 cc-langs.el
Did that. It worked, too!
> ... or make a reverse patch that way and apply it.
Many thanks! I've now got things consistent again.
> Tom
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).