Re: How to commit files with "Up-to-Date"-conflict WITHOUT merging?

Jim Hyslop <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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LennardL wrote:
> so, is there a way to commit files without merging? or does anybody knows a
> workaround for this 'workflow'?
No to the first question. The only workaround I know of is to rename the
file about to be updated, then update, then rename the file back. If you
do decide to take this approach, then I strongly urge you NOT TO CALL IT
A CVS CLIENT!!

The whole point of version management systems is to merge and integrate
changes made in various branches. That's why the "C" in "CVS" stands for
"Concurrent" - multiple developers can concurrently change files,
confident that their changes will not get lost. If you call your
software a CVS client, then I guarantee someone will be bitten by your
unorthodox approach.

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Jim Hyslop
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