messing with CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM

[Brian Reichert]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:49:00PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2003.08.02 15:35:48 -0400, Brian Reichert wrote:
> 
> > I'm exploring the 'local repository' tactics as described in:
> > 
> >   <http://www.scriptkiddie.org/freebsd/setting_up_local_repo.html>
> [snip]
> >   > cvs ci src
> >   cvs commit: Examining src
> >   You are committing on the wrong repository!
> >   cvs commit: Pre-commit check failed
> >   cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> > 
> > Where is this 'wrong repository' concept coming from?  My CVSROOT
> > hasn't changed.  A google search for that disgnostic message yeilds
> > no hits...
> 
> The problem is the file CVSROOT/nocommits.sh, which is used as a
> safeguard in the FreeBSD tree.  I replace the file every time I run
> cvsup with the following version:

Cool!  Thanks for the pointer.  Off I go...

> I have started some work on documenting the CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM use,
> but unfortunatly there are only 24 hours in a day, so I have no idea
> when I will get around to finishing it.

Heh. :)  Good luck...

> -- 
> Simon L. Nielsen
> FreeBSD Documentation Team

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