[cvsnt] Re: static file

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Oct 25 23:30:32 BST 2005


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Olaf Groeger wrote:

> Well, it would show me that i have changed the file. With the current
> implementation i have not possibility to check this. The CVS frontends rely
> on the file status, which is "uptodate" aka not changed, the timestamp is

That's a matter for the frontends.  As far as cvs as concerned you have 
not changed the file.

> Another question: Maybe my memory is wrong, but i had the feeling that an
> cvs update of a static file didn't merge the file but overwrite it?
> Unfortunatly i can't re-check this at the moment.

Quite possibly.  The assumption is that static files don't change (hence 
the name 'static').

Tony



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