[dev] Horde checkout script

Jon Parise jon@horde.org
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:04:48 -0500


On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 02:36:23PM -0600, Marcus I. Ryan wrote:

> The other part of the question is would using this script, in general,
> cause a detrimental effect on the CVS server.  I'm not sure how
> efficient the protocol is, so I don't know if a full checkout is much
> worse than an update if the file sizes are small like they are with IMP.
 
Yes, that's pretty inefficient.  Read the cvs man page to learn
about the various update options.  Try something like:

    cvs update -APdC

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