CVS Question

Sorry, I know that this is not strictly UNIX, but I am not sure where this should go.

I have installed CVS, no problem, everything seems to be working fine, checking in, and checking out. However, when I look at the /usr/local/cvs-rep/ dir everything has a ,v appended to the end. This is all in order, and the way it should be.

But, it seems to mean that the code doesnt run... So, you have to "cvs checkout" it, run it, and then "cvs release" it back to some unrunnable form.

I wanted a live code base, that you can check stuff out, play with, and then sync it back to a running system.

Am I missing somthing very silly here?

Thanks.

CVS is not made for keeping a live repository, actually you should not touch the files of the repository at all without the cvs tool.

Checkout a second copy if you need it on two different machines...

hth,
...M

PS: afaik "cvs release" is a null-op.

PS: afaik "cvs release" is a null-op.

Thanks,

I got the impression you dont touch it (ie edit it) directly, it was just that I would like it to be runnable. Thats all. But it seems that this is not the done thing.

Em, yeah, wrt your PS, you might be right there, but I normally

cvs release -d myDir

and then it saves you from rm ing the local copy yourself. And release makes me happy. The whole being finished and going home now feeling.

Take it easy Comrade.

I am a fan of "clean working" too. I'll remember "cvs release" next time

...M