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CVS is causing me grief!

by Demolishun · in Torque Game Engine · 10/15/2004 (9:08 pm) · 4 replies

Okay, I am absolutely pulling my hair out. I am trying to update my copy of the head from way back and the thing keeps on giving me messages like this:

cvs update: move away torque/cw/torque_cw6.mcp; it is in the way
C torque/cw/torque_cw6.mcp

This is the command I am trying to use:

cvs -z3 update -A -P -d -r Release_1_3_0 torque

So can anyone tell me what the deal is? I want to save bandwidth, but I have spent a day trying to figure this one out. Why the heck is this so hard? Also I did a 'diff' between this file (torque_cw6.mcp) and another file in a directory containing an identical copy of the head I am trying to update and they were identical after the update.

BTW This is under Linux using the command line version of CVS. I am trying to update my copy of the head from way back to the current tagged version of 1.3.

Thanks,
Frank
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    Torque Owner Nathan Martin
    TRON 2001 Network
    #1
    10/15/2004 (9:28 pm)
    Did you say back to 1.3? If you're trying to undo your changes you cannot. CVS only works one way. I suggest you do a complete checkout, tar.gz up that newly CVS'd 1.3.0, so that you'll have a backup now, and then begin working on the project. It's pretty much the only option you got right now. By the way use -z6 not -z3 (compression level 3 is too poor and not munch good).

    Torque Owner Gonzo T. Clown
    #2
    10/15/2004 (9:32 pm)
    And I quote from GG's own documentation....


    Quote:Check the Use TCP/IP compression check box and set the compression number to 3.




    Your problem is you have a checkout going into the wrong directory and it's causing a conflict. Just drop the new HEAD into a new directory and you should be fine. If you are trying to merge or diff a really old version by some chance, I think you are SOL on that.

    Torque Owner Demolishun
    DemolishunConsulting Rocks!
    #3
    10/16/2004 (8:00 am)
    Let me explain. I have a version of the head from 04-24-2004 that I am trying to update to the 1.3 release. Now I am wondering how CVS identifies files. If it is by date and I copy a directory without maintaining date information then that could be why it messed up. I will try that next.

    Thanks Nathan and Gonzo. I will get back to you on what I find.

    Frank

    Torque Owner Scott Coursey
    Yellow Duck Software
    #4
    10/16/2004 (7:23 pm)
    When CVS says something is in the way, it literally means the file is in the way. It wants you to delete it (I would rename it instead).