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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: HELP! cvs server: sticky tag `HEAD' for file `pipes.cpp' is not a branch
From:       David Faure <faure () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-26 23:10:05
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On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 12:45:17AM +0200, Lars Doelle wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> 
> > Looks pretty much strange to me....
> >
> > Are you using "-r HEAD" as I saw in another post here (from someone else) ?
> > It seems wrong to me. The correct option to make sure you are using
> > the latest stuff, i.e. head branch, is "-A".
> >
> > What does
> > cvs update -dPA
> > says ?
> >
> 
> David, this works. I was using -r HEAD. Does this
> mean that the HEAD branch is dead and i should
dead ? who said dead ?
The HEAD branch is the default one in a CVS repository.
(when there is no branching at all).

It's just that "-r HEAD" is a twisted way of asking for the latest stuff.
-A does it properly.
-r is for branches...

> drop mentioning a tag when checking out?
Use -A when checking out, to get rid of all sticky tags.


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David FAURE
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