[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/tech cvs-howto.txt,1.9,1.10

[Diego Biurrun]

Arpi writes:

 > > Diego Biurrun CVS writes:
 > >  > +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. Assuming that 1.123 is the latest
 > >  > +  version of the file and the one you want to remove
 > >  > +
 > >  > +  cvs -z3 admin -o1.123 filename
 > >  > +
 > >  > +  Do NOT do this unless you really know what you are doing and the version you
 > >  > +  are removing is the last version, e.g. there were no commits after yours.
 > > 
 > > Arpi, I didn't put this after the cvs backup section on purpose.  I
 > > think we should rework this so that section I just covers the commands
 > > and section II just covers policy, there is some policy in section I
 > > that should be separated IMHO.  And yes, I volunteer to rewrite it, so
 > > you just have to agree.
 > 
 > do it, but show new version before commit
 > or commit, we'll reverse then :)

Sure, now that we know how to do it :)

 > anyway as i already said, i'm not maintainer any more (since 0.90 release)
 > so ask alex...

I know, but it was you who started it all by telling me to RTFM, which
prompted me to WTFM and we discussed it on IRC..  Your opinion is
still respected even though you may not be maintainer anymore ;-)

Diego