Re: [VANILLA-DEV:324] CVS update: Vanilla/robots

[James Cameron <quozl@us.netrek.org>]

Carlos wrote:
> Odd, I did a cvs update inlcomm.c before I worked on it.  I did
> another cvs update after I worked on it, cvs commit didn't
> complain about me not being synced up, and I didn't remove that code
> snippet.  I wonder why and how that happened.

I've no idea!

But I'd suggest a change of work practice; before you do a commit, use
"cvs diff -u > somefile" and review the changes that CVS thinks you are
making.  I use this to remove things I left behind, or to detect
incomplete edits.  It also gives me the ammo I need to a change log
entry, if I didn't use the ChangeLog technique.

Using emacs?  Try "Control/X 4 a" while the cursor is in the code you
have just changed.  It will take you to the ChangeLog and pre-format an
entry for you to insert.

In my .emacs file I also have ...

(custom-set-variables
 '(add-log-mailing-address "quozl@us.netrek.org")
 '(add-log-time-format (quote current-time-string)))

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