Problem with Force revision/branch

[Viswanath L]

When I try to force a revision no. using 'Force revision/branch' in the Commit dialog box I get the following error message:

cvs commit -m "no message" -r 5.0 version_number.h (in directory E:\work\ACIP_app\app_controller\)
cvs server: nothing known about `5.0'
cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first!


*****CVS exited normally with code 1*****

Any inputs on how to resolve the same? I am using CVS server ver. 2.5.04.3510 and WinCVS 1.3.8.

[Todd Denniston-2]

Viswanath L wrote, On 10/28/2009 01:56 AM:

> When I try to force a revision no. using 'Force revision/branch' in the
> Commit dialog box I get the following error message:
>
> cvs commit -m "no message" -r 5.0 version_number.h (in directory
> E:\work\ACIP_app\app_controller\)
> cvs server: nothing known about `5.0'
> cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first!
>
>
> *****CVS exited normally with code 1*****
>
> Any inputs on how to resolve the same? I am using CVS server ver.
> 2.5.04.3510 and WinCVS 1.3.8.
>

If I Recall Correctly, there is not supposed to be a space between the -r and the 5.0, i.e. your
line should look like:
cvs commit -m "no message" -r5.0 version_number.h


BTW, if you have any questions that are specific to CVSNT and WinCVS, which is what you are using, I
would suggest you will get better answers by taking them over to:

Following list borrowed from Arthur Barrett
CVSNT newsgroup:
http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt
or
news://news.cvsnt.org/support.cvsnt
WinCVS newsgroup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/cvsgui
TortoiseCVS newsgroup:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=48103


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Todd Denniston
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