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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:30:51 +0000, Mike Wake <mike.wake at thalesgroup.com> wrote: >Bo, > >I have in the past run cvs init on an existing repository. How did you do that? I tried to do this on an existing repo but got this message back: cvs [init aborted]: Repository at c:/data/cvsrepo/cmp already exists. >This added >any new files while leaving any existing file in place. If you do this >you miss out on any new documentation/comments at the top of the >existing files so you probably want to do a diff between a checked out >version of CVSROOT of the old Repository and a checked out version of a >brand new (ie cvs init) test Repository and merge the relevant changes >in commments as well. > >I would suggest that the way you have been doing it is essentially the >way it needs to be done. > >Cheers >Mikew > >Bo Berglund wrote: >> I have noted that the shadow file is now part of the automatically >> generated admin files in CVSROOT from build 2214. >> This brings up a question I asked before: >> Is there any command that can be used on an *existing* repository to >> bring the CVSROOT module up to date concerning the CVSNT server >> version? >> What I observe is that there are new files popping up along the >> development path but these are unavailable in existing repositories so >> it is not easy to start using them. They show up if one creates a new >> repository with the new CVSNT version. >> >> It would be nice to have a command (possibly in the Control Panel) to >> refresh an existing repository with new files following a server >> version update.... >> >> >> /Bo >> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) >> _______________________________________________ >> cvsnt mailing list >> cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >> http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)