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| author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2004-03-15 01:46:03 +0000 |
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| committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2004-03-15 01:46:03 +0000 |
| commit | 05621a40dce07f78828aeefef4857a043a431387 (patch) | |
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| parent | 91f02f6ecb72c7e1f1093171fb6aadb0330701be (diff) | |
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Explain why 'cvs admin' should only be used on the last revision of a file.
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diff --git a/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt index fe0f446bbc..82f59d63bc 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt @@ -95,13 +95,19 @@ I. TECH SIDE: 9. Reverting broken commits In case you committed something really broken and wish to undo it completely, - you can use the 'cvs admin -o' command. Assuming that 1.123 is the latest - version of the file and the one you want to remove + you can use the 'cvs admin -o' command, which removes entries from the + revision history of a file. For the corner case that you remove the last + revision this amounts to reverting a commit. + + Assuming that 1.123 is the last revision cvs -z3 admin -o1.123 filename - Do NOT do this unless you really know what you are doing and the version you - are removing is the last version, e.g. there were no commits after yours. + will remove revision 1.123, thus reverting the file back to revision 1.122. + + ONLY use this command to delete the LAST revision of a file. Removing other + revisions will NOT undo the changes from that revision in the last revision + and leave holes in the revision history. Contact A'rpi <arpi@thot.banki.hu> if you have technical problems with the CVS |