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Re: how do I cvs delete a file that starts with a hyphen?
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: how do I cvs delete a file that starts with a hyphen? |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:03:21 -0400 (EDT) |
Eric Siegerman writes:
>
> It probably has to be "first" ASCII-wise, not just listed first
> on the command line, since CVS likes to sort lists of files a lot
> of the time. Try making a file whose name starts with "," or
> "+", "cvs add"ing that, and then committing the whole directory.
That won't help -- the problem is that commit has to run a diff between
the previous version of the file and the new version to store in the RCS
file and that diff execution doesn't protect against filenames starting
with "-".
-Larry Jones
I'll be a hulking, surly teen-ager before you know it!! -- Calvin