[cvsnt] release command not noticing updates

[Tony Hoyle]

russo at albany.edu wrote:

> Problem:
>>From my limited understanding of CVS commands, "cvs release" is supposed
> to let you know if you have any edited files which have not been committed
> since your last commit or update.  However, it remains silent.
> 
> I did the following using the cvsnt client:
> checkout source
> edited files in source
> update source
> release -d source
> 
> CVSNT simply asks if I want to continue with the release without reporting
> that I have uncommitted, modified files.
> Am I'm confused here or is cvs?
> 
It depends what you edited...  If you didn't make any real changes then the
update will have reset the timestamps, so the release won't see the change.

The check is only a simple one - are the timestamps different.  It doesn't
compare the file contents.

Release is pretty useless for most purposes anyway (the only advantage is
that it will unedit/notify any files you have edited).

Tony