[cvsnt] Error after modification of revision 1.1

[John Peacock]

Bo Berglund wrote:
> Or you may decide that revisions 1.6-1.10 were bad and you want 1.5
> back on top. Then simply get the 1.5 revision, copy it off to the
> side, update to HEAD and copy in the 1.5 file and commit. This file
> will now be revision 1.11.

This can be much more effectively done by using the join feature.  If you are 
using WinCVS, Update the file then select the Merge tab and enter the latest 
revision (1.10 in this case) in the "Only this rev./tag" field and the revision 
you want to go back to (1.5 in this case) in the "Plus with this rev./tag." 
This will produce a reverse diff that will exactly undo any changes from 
1.6-1.10 and return the file to the same state as 1.5.  Then, commit the file 
and you will be at 1.11 (which will be completely identical to 1.5).

TMTOWTDI

John


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