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#1376 Commit overrides CVS/Entries file with garbage.

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nobody
Core CVS (240)
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2012-09-15
2011-03-23
Alex Pogrebnyak
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TortoiseCVS version 1.12.4
CVS client version: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.05 (Gan) Build 3744
CVS server version: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.23
SSH client version: TortoisePlink Release "0.56"

When I commit multiple files in my fairly large workspace ( more than 3000 files ) the top-level CVS/Entries directory gets overwritten with garbage. It looks like it contains partial contents from the CVS/Entries in a first directory that contains changes.

I was able to reproduce this bug on a cleanly checked out copy of my repository.

Also looks like size matters in this case, as I was not able to reproduce it on a small mock repository, only when I created a copy of my development workspace I was able to reproduce this bug.

To reproduce this bug I've added and removed files in the directory hierarchy deep underneath the root directory ( basically files in a java package structure ).

The end result of this bug is that when you are trying to update the sandbox, you get a conflict on every file in your repository. BTW, the commit does occur correctly.

As a workaround I am able to copy Entries.Old file over corrupted Entries and it seem to fix the problem

Discussion

  • Torsten Martinsen

    Torsten Martinsen - 2011-03-24

    This issue is caused by CVSNT (the CVS client used by
    TortoiseCVS), not by TortoiseCVS itself.

    Please note that all communication with the CVS server and
    all modifications of files in the sandbox is done by CVSNT, not
    by TortoiseCVS.

    Therefore, this issue cannot be fixed in TortoiseCVS; you need to
    report the issue to the CVSNT maintainers using the mailing list
    at http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt. When
    doing this, be sure to include the version of CVSNT you are
    using; you can see this in the About dialog of TortoiseCVS.

     

  • Alex Pogrebnyak

    Alex Pogrebnyak - 2011-03-24

    CVSNT does not want this bug on their system, but believe me it's real.

    If you don't want to know what the "Entries" file is, I suggest you downgrade to TortoiseCVS 1.10.10.

    To do this:

    1. uninstall CVSNT
    2. uninstall TortoiseCVS
    3. reboot.
    4. Download 1.10.10 from here -> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisecvs/files/tortoisecvs-stable/
    5. During CVSNT installation disable install of CVSNT server.

    I guess this is one of the "ain't broken/don't fix it" lessons for me.

    BTW, I agree with bullestock that it's not TortoiseCVS problem at all. It would be nice if the TortoiseCVS installation would have an option of not installing newer version of CVSNT client.

     

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