Liberty> ... before doing a 'cvs commit' is to do
Liberty> 'cvs update'
Yes, I always do that.
Liberty> Even though I try to follow some basic steps
Liberty> before doing a cvs commit, i too realize
Liberty> that I've just screwed up ...
That's the problem. Mistakes happen. All men are bozos
from time to time.
Liberty> at my vim editor and the list of files cvs
Liberty> is about to commit. I use the ':q!' command
Liberty> from within vim, and cvs gives me a prompt
Liberty> asking if i which to abort, commit with
Liberty> empty log message, or continue. By choosing
Liberty> abort, I safely avoid the commit process.
That's exactly the answer I was looking for! I didn't
realize CVS was smart enough to be triggered by an
empty log. I'll pass that information on to my
colleagues.
Liberty> You may get different results depending on
Liberty> your cvs client version and your version of
Liberty> vim. ...
The CVS is the latest (I installed it from source), and
it's generic vi, not vim. (Older BSD/OS system.) I have
every reason to believe it will work as you describe.
Thanks very much.
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Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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