Re: CVS add question...

[David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> > > You can use `cvs add'.  To generate diffs for new files, use the -N
> > > option to `cvs diff'.
> > >
> > >      
> > When I do:
> >
> > cvs diff -3up -N
> >
> > I don't get the new files (not even those that are in existing directories).
> >    
>
> That command should show you any file in an existing directory for
> which you have run `cvs add'.  If not, then something strange is
> happening.
Oh.  You have to add them first!.

> > Q: How to proceed?
> >    
>
> Probably just do `diff /dev/null NEWFILE' for each file you want to
> add, and concatenate those all to the diff.  Or just send the new
> files.  It sort of depends upon what the appropriate maintainer wants
> to see.
>
> Ian
Not the optimal solution, but workable.

David Daney.

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