Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
cvsgui · WinCvs, MacCvs, gCvs discussion list
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Hear how Yahoo! Groups has changed the lives of others. Take me there.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
How to see in which branch a file is edited?   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #18885 of 19044 |
Re: How to see in which branch a file is edited?

--- In cvsgui@yahoogroups.com, Jens Miltner <jum@...> wrote:
>
> Am 12.11.2008 um 14:13 schrieb n3wjack:
>
> > --- In cvsgui@yahoogroups.com, Gerhard <gelists@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:41:30 -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
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >Is it possible to do this using the WinCVS GUI, or is this command
> > > >line only?
> > >
> > > AFAIK this is command line only. You can use WinCvs to create and
> > > execute a cvs command line, though.
> >
> > 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.
>
> If going through the "Command Line..." dialog is a little too tedious
> and you have to do this more often, you could always write a macro (in
> Tcl or Python) that performs the command.
>

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 this.
Our repo admin knows his way around the command line, it's just that
we avoid bothering him about stuff that can be done through the GUI.







Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:39 pm

n3wjack
Offline Offline
Send Email Send Email

Forward
Message #18885 of 19044 |
Expand Messages Author Sort by Date

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
Offline Send Email
Nov 7, 2008
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
gerhardfie
Online Now Send Email
Nov 8, 2008
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
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
gerhardfie
Online Now Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
jmiltner
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
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
gerhardfie
Online Now Send Email
Nov 13, 2008
2:44 pm
Advanced

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help