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Glen Starrett wrote: >>I checked out a file from repository using >>cvs checkout -r 1.3 file >>because I liked to have this special revision. >> >>If I run cvs status now, cvs status reports for the >>repository revision >>the same revision number: 1.3, and there is a sticky tag 1.3 >>However, the "real" repository revision is 1.9. >> >>Can anyone explain this to me? > > > That's the way it works, you also won't be able to check in changes to that > file. This allows you to specify which version of a file you want > regardless of other changes. To reset that and get the current file (called > HEAD version) use this command: > > cvs update -A file > > Regards, > > Glen Starrett > > Thanks, that´s what I liked to know and now I understand how it works. Horst