[cvsnt] cvs status problem - newbie

[Horst Rotenholzer]

Glen Starrett wrote:
>>I checked out a file from repository using
>>cvs checkout -r 1.3 file
>>because I liked to have this special revision.
>>
>>If I run cvs status now, cvs status reports for the 
>>repository revision 
>>the same revision number: 1.3, and there is a sticky tag 1.3
>>However, the "real" repository revision is 1.9.
>>
>>Can anyone explain this to me?
> 
> 
> That's the way it works, you also won't be able to check in changes to that
> file.  This allows you to specify which version of a file you want
> regardless of other changes.  To reset that and get the current file (called
> HEAD version) use this command:
> 
> cvs update -A file
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Glen Starrett
> 
> 

Thanks, that´s what I liked to know and now I understand how it works.

Horst