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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Thursday, June 2, 2005 1:05:40 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Thursday, March 3, 2005 3:19:46 pm by AlastairPorter Revert
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-Notes for [CVS] Concurent version system  
+Notes for [CVS] 
  
-A message such as  
+!! View an old revision of a file  
  
- <verbatim >  
- 2402/path/to/repository: no such repository  
- </verbatim
+You can "update" a file to stdout using <tt >-p </tt
  
-means that your client is older than version 1.11.x and doesn't understand <tt>host:port</tt> being part of the pserver path (eg <tt >cvs -d :pserver:hostname:2402/path/to/repository </tt >). You need to upgrade.  
+<verbatim >  
+ cvs update -r 1.14 -p index.php  
+ </verbatim
  
+!! <tt>1234/path/to/repository: no such repository</tt>  
  
-!cvs commit: sticky tag `1.1' for file `maindumpswitch .ihtml ' is not a branch 
+You said something like <tt>cvs -d :pserver:hostname:1234/path/to/repository</tt>, but your client is older than version 1.11.x and doesn't understand <tt>host:port</tt> being part of the pserver path. You need to upgrade.  
+  
+! ! <tt> cvs commit: sticky tag `1.1' for file `foobar .ext ' is not a branch</tt>  
  
 Take the sticky tag off the file with: 
  
-<tt >$ cvs update -A maindumpswitch .ihtml </tt
+<verbatim >  
+ cvs update -A foobar .ext  
+ </verbatim