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Re: Overwrite a file with "svn update"?
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com> writes:
> > On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:29:36AM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
> >> I believe if the file is in a cvs repository and the copy
> >> in your local tree was not obtained via a checkout, cvs
> >> will replace the local file with whatever is in the repository.
> >
> > No, it'll continue to update the rest of the tree but emit an
> > error (i.e. not bail out immediately like svn). IIRC.
>
> If the local file is identical to the check-out version then there is no
> error and the local file becomes a version-controlled file.
I've never seen this, always the collision message, so I guess
it's version-dependent.
brgds, H-P