[cvsnt] Re: Starting out with CVS,

[WestSide]

Thanks.. worked..

I now have a clean slate..

Appreciated..

-Westside
"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message
news:4qtao01dst0psoqd0oi1m4i9um17lijbe3 at 4ax.com...
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:31:23 -0800, "WestSide"
> <xpurplekushx at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Thanks for the help.. your solution makes sense..
> >
> >However, my problem is that I have deleted the repository on the server,
and
> >so when I try to do "CVS | Release" it does not work, because there is no
> >valid repository on the server.
> >
> >I am new to CVS and had installed CVSNT and then removed it from the
server,
> >etc.  In all this process, the local files on my local machine that
> >originally were connected to repository, are sort of left "orphaned"
because
> >there is no valid repository to connect to through tortiose.
> >
> >Is there any way to get rid of that green overlay on my files if I have
no
> >valid CVS repository on the server?
> >
>
> Just use Windows Explorer and go to these folders.
> Then delete the subfolders named CVS that existy in each sandbox
> folder. Now your local files are no longer a CVS sandbox, just ordiary
> folders with sourcefiles inside...
> This is a procedure that is OK to do in two circumstances:
> 1) With the files committed you can even delete the whole sandbox if
> you like. All can be resurrected from the server at a later time.
>
> 2) The CVS server has disapperared altogether. In this case it makes
> no sense keeping the sandbox state any longer. This is what you have.
>
>
> /Bo
> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)