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Re: [PATCH] Allow passing of an alternative CVSROOT via -d.

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Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
Date
Feb 18, 2007, 17:53 UTC
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<45D892B4.4000005@fs.ei.tum.de>
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0702181834340.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>> This is necessary if using CVS in an asymmetric fashion, i.e. when the
>> CVSROOT you are checking out from differs from the CVSROOT you have to
>> commit to.
> 
> Does
> 
> 	CVSROOT=bla git-cvsexportcommit...
> 
> not work?
no, cvs seems to ignore the environment variable.  at least export CVSROOT=host:/dir didn't have any effect.
cheers
  simon
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Message 3 of 6 in “Allow passing of an alternative CVSROOT via -d.”
  1. Allow passing of an alternative CVSROOT via -d.Simon 'corecode' Schubert, Feb 18, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 18, 2007
  3. Simon 'corecode' SchubertFeb 18, 2007
  4. Martin LanghoffFeb 19, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 19, 2007
  6. Simon 'corecode' SchubertFeb 19, 2007

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