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tokenuser
04-24-2009, 06:39 PM
Pardon me if this is meaningless to most of you but ...
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Does anyone know of a CVS client that will just let you update a file in the repository without the need to download the freaking tree (or a subset of the tree) to your computer first?

I edit a lot of files for work. I dont need them on my machine. I just need to access them as needed, so generally just use our web based CVS interface to grab the file.

But that raises a problem for when I edit the file. Because it wasn't checked out per se (just downloaded), I need to sync the branch of the repository, then update the file (with comments) and commit the change.

I am currently using TortoiseCVS (WinCVS is another option) on an XP box.

Does anyone know of a client that will just let you check a file into a given location? I dont need my HDD cluttered with all these other files, I just need the one I need, and an ability update it after editting.

fishtoprecords
04-24-2009, 07:11 PM
I don't know of one.

I'm not sure you will find it. Nor will SVN help here. It too expects you to checkout the whole tree.

GIT is the hot new thing, but I haven't looked at it.

I do much prefer svn over cvs, but its mostly a theological argument

tokenuser
04-24-2009, 07:29 PM
I don't know of one.

I'm not sure you will find it. Nor will SVN help here. It too expects you to checkout the whole tree.

GIT is the hot new thing, but I haven't looked at it.

I do much prefer svn over cvs, but its mostly a theological argumentAs far as theological arguments go, its a moot point. Our code and documentation repositories are all CVS based and out of my control/influence ... so I don't have an opportunity to convert to another religion :|

Its frustrating that CVS has the capabilities, but the clients don't.

I suspect it might be possible to do using a command line CVS tool (I see terminal based references online involving PuTTY).

fishtoprecords
04-25-2009, 03:00 PM
I suspect it might be possible to do using a command line CVS tool (I see terminal based references online involving PuTTY).

Real geeks use the shell commands anyway.

This GUI stuff is overrated.