Re: edit -m messages logged

Larry Jones <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:35:02 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Amit Uttamchandani writes:
> 
> However, it sounds like you want to change messages that are already
> logged in CVS. All this information is stored in your CVS repository, in
> the ",v" files. These are just text files, so you can edit them.

That is an *EXTREMELY* bad idea. Unless you're intimately familiar with
the CVS file format and either never make mistakes or don't care about
corrupting your repository, you should *NEVER* hand edit the files
unless there's absolutely no other choice.
-- 
Larry Jones

What a waste to be going to school on a morning like this. -- Calvin