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git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

Subject: git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

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5 messages between Jan 18, 2007 and Jan 19, 2007.

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Andy Parkins· Jan 18, 2007, 16:16 UTC · lore

Hello,

I am trying to use git-cvsserver to supply CVS access to my git repository. The checkout worked okay, but now, during normal operation, I've made changes and added content. After a cvs update the changed files all seem to have been updated as expected, however the added files are not being added. However, CVS is reporting that the file is added; but it never appears.

some/sub/directory$ cvs update A some/sub/directory/file.c

After the above the file is not created. Repeated cvs update calls result in the same output everytime. I've tried it from the root of the tree (in case it was a path issue) and that fails in the same way. I've tried specifying the path explicitly and that doesn't help either. cvs status reports that the file is "Status: Needs Checkout".

A new cvs checkout in a different directory does get the new file, so this is a problem with updates only.

I'm not familiar with CVS so it could easily be that I've not understood; however the CVS tutorials say that this should be giving "U" output instead of "A" output.

So: is this a bug, or is it that (as usual) I've not done something terribly 
simple.

Andy

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Shawn O. Pearce· Jan 18, 2007, 16:22 UTC · re: Andy Parkins · lore

Re: git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I am trying to use git-cvsserver to supply CVS access to my git repository.  
> The checkout worked okay, but now, during normal operation, I've made changes 
> and added content.  After a cvs update the changed files all seem to have 
> been updated as expected, however the added files are not being added.  
> However, CVS is reporting that the file is added; but it never appears.
> 
> some/sub/directory$ cvs update
> A some/sub/directory/file.c

You need to commit first to get the file completely added. What you are seeing above is that the file was listed in some/sub/directory/CVS/Entries so that the next commit will know to upload the file to the server. Until then its not actually going to do that...

-- 
Shawn.

Martin Langhoff· Jan 18, 2007, 19:01 UTC · re: Shawn O. Pearce · lore

Re: git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

On 1/19/07, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:

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> You need to commit first to get the file completely added.
> What you are seeing above is that the file was listed in
> some/sub/directory/CVS/Entries so that the next commit will
> know to upload the file to the server.  Until then its not
> actually going to do that...

yup. Also make sure you are using a really recent git-cvsserver, I recently fixed a couple of problems related to file adds.

cheers.

martin

Andy Parkins· Jan 19, 2007, 09:54 UTC · re: Martin Langhoff · lore

Re: git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

On Thursday 2007, January 18 19:01, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> yup. Also make sure you are using a really recent git-cvsserver, I
> recently fixed a couple of problems related to file adds.

I've just tried again with the git-cvsserver from current next, with the same result.

I also repeated with pu and got the same result. In all cases, the log is showing the "Tell the client the file will be added" message; which seems correct.

Andy

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Andy Parkins· Jan 19, 2007, 07:21 UTC · re: Shawn O. Pearce · lore

Re: git-cvsserver won't add new content on update

On Thursday 2007, January 18 16:22, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

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> You need to commit first to get the file completely added.
> What you are seeing above is that the file was listed in
> some/sub/directory/CVS/Entries so that the next commit will
> know to upload the file to the server.  Until then its not
> actually going to do that...

I've mislead you. The file was added in the git repository. It got there fine; it's therefore not in the Entries file. I'm merely trying to get the file to appear in the CVS sandbox.

Andy

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