[cvsnt] Re: very minor "bug"

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Sat Apr 10 21:32:38 BST 2004


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David Strozzi wrote:
> I noticed if you run 'cvs --help-commands,' the entry for the admin
> command says
> 
>         admin        Administration front end for rcs
> 
> I assume you mean CVS instead of rcs.  The unix man page says cvs admin is
> similar to the rcs command, which is probably where you got it from.
> 
admin is for direct administration of the RCS files - which is partly why it's 
so dangerous.  It's not really a part of CVS in that it's just there for 
certain operations that don't fit into the standard operation - the help does 
make it clear not to use it unless you're very sure what you're doing, as its 
actions aren't reversible.

Tony



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