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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:42:58 -0500
From: "Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>
Organization: Verisim, Inc.  http://www.verisim.com/
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To: Debian Bugs <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: cvs won't accept -r on new commit
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Package: cvs
Version: 1.8.1-1

When committing a new file, CVS looks through all existing files and
chooses the highest major revision number as the default starting
point.  In my opinion, this is a mis-feature since the first revision
of any given file should be, by default, 1.0.

The bug is that this behavion cannot be overridden.  Giving the "-r"
flag to CVS causes RCS to fail.

Adding the new file goes normally:

  callandor:~/build/coordinator> cvs add -m "Routines to parse/generate vCalendar Files" vcal.h
  cvs add: scheduling file `vcal.h' for addition
  cvs add: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently

If I try to specify the full revision:

  callandor:~/build/coordinator> cvs commit -r 1.0 -m "Routines to parse/generate vCalendar Files" vcal.h
  RCS file: /var/cvs/coordinator/Attic/vcal.h,v
  done
  rcs: invalid symbol `1.0'
  rcs aborted
  cvs commit: could not stub branch 1.0 for /var/cvs/coordinator/Attic/vcal.h,v

Not specifying the revision code gives:

  callandor:~/build/coordinator> cvs commit -m "Routines to parse/generate vCalendar Files" vcal.h
  Checking in vcal.h;
  /var/cvs/coordinator/vcal.h,v  <--  vcal.h
  new revision: 3.1; previous revision: 1.1
  done

If I start over and just specify the major revision, it will work then:

  callandor:~/build/coordinator> cvs commit -r 1 -m "Routines to parse/generate vCalendar Files" vcal.h
  RCS file: /var/cvs/coordinator/Attic/vcal.h,v
  done
  Checking in vcal.h;
  /var/cvs/coordinator/Attic/vcal.h,v  <--  vcal.h
  new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
  done

I don't understand why this was put in the "Attic", though.  It is still
accessible as though it was not in the Attic.
                                             

Note:  This behavior is the same between v1.8 and v1.9.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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