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Re: [cvsgui] Re: How to see in which branch a file is edited?


Am 12.11.2008 um 09:41 schrieb n3wjack:

> --- In cvsgui@yahoogroups.com, Gerhard <gelists@...> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:57:07 -0000, you wrote:
> >
> > >Is there a way to figure out on what branch that file is marked for
> > >edit? So that we can check it out again, an release the edit lock.
> >
> > You don't have to do this; a repo admin can unedit any file
> > http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/unedit.html
> >
> > Gerhard
> >
>
> Is it possible to do this using the WinCVS GUI, or is this command
> line only?
>
> I'm seeing an "unlock revision" admin option in the history display,
> but then I'm selecting a specific revision of course.
>


There's an "Unedit" button in the toolbar that operates on the current
selection of the file browser window...

HTH
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Let's say a programmer has been a bit careless and locked a file for reserved edit in a branch, and didn't release that lock after being finished committing... 		n3wjack
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9:57 am

... You don't have to do this; a repo admin can unedit any file http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/unedit.html Gerhard...
Gerhard
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9:21 am

... Is it possible to do this using the WinCVS GUI, or is this command line only? I'm seeing an "unlock revision" admin option in the history display, but then...
n3wjack
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8:50 am

... There's an "Unedit" button in the toolbar that operates on the current selection of the file browser window... HTH </jum>...
Jens Miltner
jmiltner
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9:56 am

... Yes, but that's only for unediting files you're editing yourself. Not for another revision of the files edited somewhere in an unknown branch. I do know...
n3wjack
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1:12 pm

... AFAIK this is command line only. You can use WinCvs to create and execute a cvs command line, though. ... The admin command option "unlock revision" is...
Gerhard
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11:12 am

... That won't be a problem. I was just checking if that action might have been hidden somewhere in the UI. Thanks for the input....
n3wjack
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1:13 pm

... Sorry - I'm not using edit / unedit on a regular basis, since we're doing all our work concurrently here without exclusive checkouts, so I didn't realize...
Jens Miltner
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2:11 pm

... If you would run into this kind of issue a lot that would be handy, but this only occurs occasionally so it's not worth the effort imo to write a macro for...
n3wjack
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2:39 pm

... This command has to be issued by a repo admin; it doesn't work if a normal repo user runs it. So unless you're all repo admins, you'd have to bother him...
Gerhard
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