RE: [Q] Vendor Branches and Updates

[Jim.Hyslop]

John Muller wrote:
> Supposed we have two files from a module (file1 and file2).  
> file1 has been locally modified, but file2 has not. 
> If I attempt to merge both of these files (in one import 
> command).  What happens to file1? 
> 1) Does it become the head revision automatically? 
> 2) Or does it have to be merged to become the head? 
> I would expect #2 to happen to prevent the main branch from 
> getting partial updates, but based on the cvs documentation 
> (see below) I'm not sure if this will happen.  Can someone 
> clarify this?
Let me give you a hint: set up a section of your repository that is reserved
for testing, for example $CVSROOT/cvs-test. 

Nothing in that section of the repository should be considered in any way
important, and the cvs-test directory can be blown away at any time.

Now, try it out and see what happens.

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)