Re: Committing to branches :(

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 30/08/2005, at 3:19 PM, Ross Golder wrote:
> When reporting problems *always* cut'n'paste the command you used and
> the output it produced, including error message. Without it, we  
> haven't
> really got a clue what you're talking about ;)

Um, there aren't any problems actually committing. The files commit  
fine. But they don't show up on the status pages. That's the only  
error there is.
> If there was no error messages (or just harmless warnings) when you
> commit, chances are the commit completed successfully. If you want  
> to be
> sure, you can check using viewcvs. I don't know how often the status
> pages get updated - that's a question for the i18n list, but I don't
> think it's automatic.

It's pretty much daily, very efficient.
> The above link shows you've recently committed to HEAD. Note the
> Branches/Tags column, which shows which branch a commit is made on.

Oh, @#$%, I want to commit to the gnome-2-12 branch. I just tried re- 
checking out the whole gnome-2-12/gdm2/po directory, and recommitting  
my edited file, so I'll see if that works, I suppose. Do you need to  
use a branch when writing "cvs commit"? I don't think I needed that  
when I was committing to gnome-2-10, and that worked OK.
> You can also examine the status of one of your local working  
> directories
> by checking for a 'Tag' file in the 'CVS' subdir in your working copy.
> If the file exists, it will contain a 'T' and then the name of the
> branch/tag. For HEAD, it will simply be missing.

Thankyou, that's very helpful.
> >
>
> Don't worry. Confusion dissolves with experience :) You'll get the  
> hang
> of it eventually. I think everyone does things differently. Your way
> seems fine to me.

Thankyou. I just need it to seem fine to the branches. ;)
> CCing i18n in case these notes help other translators (and because I
> wanna be a cross-posting maniac).

I think Dante had a special branch for cross-posters... :D

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