[Kfwdev] cvs/svn export vs checkout

Jeffrey Altman jaltman at secure-endpoints.com
Fri Apr 20 14:57:08 EDT 2007


Ken Raeburn wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:22, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> There are two restrictions when using "export". First, a tag or branch
>> name must be specified.  Otherwise, the export will fail.
>
> Why?  I could see wanting to export trunk as part of an automated
> testing process.  I could also see wanting to specify a revision
> number; I don't recall if that was allowed by Kevin's script, and I'm
> offline as I write this, while the cable guy does some work....
>
> (I assume you're talking about a restriction in your modified script,
> not restrictions in "svn export" itself?  The context in your email
> didn't make it clear, but I'm not aware of any such restrictions in svn.)
>
> Ken
Its a restriction of cvs export that I am referring to.

Jeffrey Altman

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