From: Olav L. <ol...@li...> - 2002-12-25 18:36:50
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Patrick, That is the general point of using a cvs system. To see how it works, insert a single space, or add a blank line somewhere in the file. It will then show up as modified. Since CVS only works with text, it compares the text, and when the text is the same in both files, it considers the files to be the same. Using timestamps is not a good way to see if two files are the same, because the timestamp can be changed, and does not indicate anything about two files having the same contects. Hope this explains alittle how things work. Merry Christmas and Happy new year, Olav! 24.12.2002 00:09:04, skrev "Patrick Felt" <pf...@qu...>: >hey everyone, > I have a small problem. The filesystem shows that files are modified, but >when I do a diff they are the same. How do I fix this.... (there might be >modified files in the bunch) > > I have tried to do a cvs commit. (this action is ok in this instance, but >it does not get updated.) The status only changes when I do an update on >it. (This action is not ok since there might be changes in the filesystem >that need to be input into the cvs) > |