[cvsnt] force commit (despite not being a valid editor

Arthur Barrett arthur.barrett at march-hare.com
Tue Jan 20 19:23:43 GMT 2009


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Jan,

> I want to force commit despite the fact that I am not a valid 
> editor. Is 
> there a switch for this (can be done by a CVS admin if 
> required) or am I 
> out of luck?

No - it would defeat the point.

However you can become a valid editor by issuing a 'cvs edit' on the
file, or you can change the mode of the file (cvs up -k-x filename.ext;
cvs ci -f -m "change mode").

Regards,


Arthur


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