RE: move away ... it is in the way

[Olaf Meding]

Larry,

> there's already a file in your working directory with the same name that
wasn't checked out from the repository

No true in my case.  Even checking the same file out twice does not cause
this error.  However, if you look at the examples below (note they all
contain 2 dirs) on what works on what does not work you can see a pattern.
First, it only happens with the -D switch!  Second, specifying two
directries with the second directory being a subdirectory of the first.

The examples below are a simplified example of my modules file.  I tracked
it down this far, but to me it looks like a bug?

Could someone try the below examples on a new version of CVS (my Linux
server is 2-3 years old).  Thanks.

These commands fail:
====================
cvs co -D "2001-09-13 00:30" code/optimization/productOpt
code/optimization/productOpt/include/DVH.h
cvs co -D "2001-09-13 00:30" code/build code/build/config/buildList.txt
cvs co -D "2001-09-13 00:30" code/build code/build/config
cvs co -D "2001-09-13" code/build code/build/config/buildList.txt

These commands work:
====================
cvs co -D "2001-09-13 00:30" code/build code/build/sbc.bat
cvs co code/build code/build/config/buildList.txt

Olaf




-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Jones [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:59 AM
To: Olaf Meding
Cc: info-cvs mailing list
Subject: Re: move away ... it is in the way


Olaf Meding writes:
>
> Why would I get the below error message?
>
>    cvs checkout: move away dir/file; it is in the way

Because there's a file in the repository with that name that you're
trying to check out, but there's already a file in your working
directory with the same name that wasn't checked out from the
repository.

-Larry Jones

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clean smack upside Susie's head? -- Calvin