Обсуждение: WinCVS...uuurggh
Hi, I am not getting on very well with winCVS. I have now tried the username/password Dave you sent me, it seems to log in ok (says CVS exited with status 0 so I presume it logs in). However the interface is very cryptic. I worked out that I see MY local copy of the CVS tree, not whats on the server. 1. How can I see the files, and especially the new folder you have created for us, on the server? I have managed to check out the dev folder by your instructions, add a test text file, and commit so I am getting there..! 2. How do I tell winCVS to download all the new stuff from CVS (pgAdminII, pgSchema etc.) that you & Jean-Michel have done in the last few days to update my local copies? I tried checking out the pgAdmin folder again but it said for each file 'blah-deblah is in the way) - surely it should be working out what's old and new and updating it...? I wanted to download the latest stuff before getting back into doing a bit more on the project. Bit by bit, step by step, we are sloooowly getting there! Thanks for your help guys. Sorry I'm cutting my "open-source-development-teeth" on you guys. Tim.
Hi Tim, You can't see what's on the server in WinCVS easily (if at all). I use http://cvs.pgadmin.org/ for that. To update your local copy, right click the file or folder to update, and select Update from the popup menu. Checkout willget you a whole copy as you found. Another hint, when you commit files, check all the messages in case you get a failure. You may need to update first whichwill try to auto-merge the changes on the server with your changes - if that fails, it saves both copies for you tomanually merge (it puts markers where the problems are). Then commit again... Regards, Dave. _____________Original message ____________ Subject: [pgadmin-hackers] WinCVS...uuurggh Sender: pgsql@timfinch.cix.co.uk Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:05:13 +0000 Hi, I am not getting on very well with winCVS. I have now tried the username/password Dave you sent me, it seems to log in ok (says CVS exited with status 0 so I presume it logs in). However the interface is very cryptic. I worked out that I see MY local copy of the CVS tree, not whats on the server. 1. How can I see the files, and especially the new folder you have created for us, on the server? I have managed to check out the dev folder by your instructions, add a test text file, and commit so I am getting there..! 2. How do I tell winCVS to download all the new stuff from CVS (pgAdminII, pgSchema etc.) that you & Jean-Michel have done in the last few days to update my local copies? I tried checking out the pgAdmin folder again but it said for each file 'blah-deblah is in the way) - surely it should be working out what's old and new and updating it...? I wanted to download the latest stuff before getting back into doing a bit more on the project. Bit by bit, step by step, we are sloooowly getting there! Thanks for your help guys. Sorry I'm cutting my "open-source-development-teeth" on you guys. Tim. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org
At 19:22 14/03/2002 +0000, Dave Page wrote: >Hi Tim, > >You can't see what's on the server in WinCVS easily (if at all). I use >http://cvs.pgadmin.org/ for that. Ah, thats a good idea of course. >To update your local copy, right click the file or folder to update, and >select Update from the popup menu. Checkout will get you a whole copy as >you found. So I simply right click pgAdmin and select Update. I did this but it seemed to upload more data than download & I had a horrid feeling its was overwriting the latest stuff. OK, I'll proceed with more courage now. >Another hint, when you commit files, check all the messages in case you >get a failure. You may need to update first which will try to auto-merge >the changes on the server with your changes - if that fails, it saves both >copies for you to manually merge (it puts markers where the problems are). >Then commit again... This CVS thing is not as automated as it sounds! Really appreciate the help. Strieks me that there are so many things to get your head round before actually writing a line of CODE!
It seems a lot to get used to, but I now prefer it over visual sourcesafe anytime. It works really well, and in reality,manual merges are rarely needed in my experience. You just need to be sure to catch them when they are. /D _____________Original message ____________ Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] WinCVS...uuurggh Sender: pgsql@timfinch.cix.co.uk Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:33:30 +0000 At 19:22 14/03/2002 +0000, Dave Page wrote: >Hi Tim, > >You can't see what's on the server in WinCVS easily (if at all). I use >http://cvs.pgadmin.org/ for that. Ah, thats a good idea of course. >To update your local copy, right click the file or folder to update, and >select Update from the popup menu. Checkout will get you a whole copy as >you found. So I simply right click pgAdmin and select Update. I did this but it seemed to upload more data than download & I had a horrid feeling its was overwriting the latest stuff. OK, I'll proceed with more courage now. >Another hint, when you commit files, check all the messages in case you >get a failure. You may need to update first which will try to auto-merge >the changes on the server with your changes - if that fails, it saves both >copies for you to manually merge (it puts markers where the problems are). >Then commit again... This CVS thing is not as automated as it sounds! Really appreciate the help. Strieks me that there are so many things to get your head round before actually writing a line of CODE! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly