Re: [Cvs-dev] Different login for checkout & for commit

[Mark D. Baushke]

The CVS/Root file will contain the CVSROOT value you used for the
checkout and will try to use that user for the commit. So, if you
did the original checkout with:

  cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden/repo login
  cd /some/directory
  cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden/repo checkout mymodule

You may overwrite this by putting the user with 'write' credentials
on the command-line

  cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden/repo login
  cd /some/directory/mymodule
  cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden/repo commit

However, this is NOT really the way that CVS is intended to be used.

The order of evaluation is:

   1) Use the command-line '-d <cvsroot>' for the CVSROOT for the
      operation.

   2) Use the contents of CVS/Root as the CVSROOT for the operation

   3) Use the contents of the $CVSROOT environment variable for the
      operation (on checkout populate this value into the CVS/Root
      internal state files).

Your really should be doing your checkout and your commit as the same
user if you want any kind of CVSROOT/history to be maintained in a
reasonable manner.

        -- Mark

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