From c2b0e6d31123648f43b61f1aa09af6941d61647c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:22:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 'cvs admin -o' is dangerous and should be handled with extra care. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@15228 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt index c5ae5ae187..f75551f9a6 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt @@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ I. TECH SIDE: 9. Reverting broken commits - In case you committed something really broken and wish to undo it completely, - you can use the 'cvs admin -o' command, which removes entries from the - revision history of a file. It does not undo the changes related to that - revision, but for the corner case that you remove the last revision (and only - then!) this amounts to reverting a commit. + Should you commit something really broken, notice it quickly and wish to undo + it completely, the 'cvs admin -o' command can be used as a last resort. This + command removes entries from the revision history of a file. For the corner + case of removing the last revision (and only then!) this amounts to reverting + a commit. The HEAD version is not affected by removing revisions that came + before, only revision history will be lost and holes left in the revision + numbering. ONLY EVER use this command to delete the LAST revision of a file. + + In short, if you use this improperly you can wreak permanent havoc. Employ it + only if you are completely sure of what you are doing. Assuming that 1.123 is the last revision @@ -117,11 +122,6 @@ I. TECH SIDE: will remove revision 1.123, thus reverting the file back to revision 1.122. - ONLY use this command to delete the LAST revision of a file. Removing other - revisions will NOT undo the changes connected to that revision, so the last - revision will remain unmodified, only revision history will be lost and - holes left in the revision numbering. - 10. RSA authentication Since mplayerhq.hu uses ssh.com and not OpenSSH you will have to convert your