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What is the difference betwenn cvs checkout and cvs update

I have created a file, then with "cvs add file" added to the cvs repository and then commited with "cvs commit file". Then I deleted the file locally with "rm file". Then I wanted to restore the file from the cvs repository. I thought I needed to use "cvs checkout file", but this did not have the desired effect. With "cvs update file" I finally reached my goal and the file was correctly restored. Now my question: Why did that not work with "cvs checkout file"?

Solution

  • cvs checkout is for an initial local workspace creation, not for updating the files in an existing workspace.

    Something like this probably works and illustrates the use of CVS checkout.

    cd ..
cvs checkout repo/path/to/file

    However, I would not really recommend that. Use cvs update.