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Is there a way to automatically strip out trailing whitespace in code on commit to CVS?

We're using CVS, on every release we have to synchronise two different branches of code, and in every release cycle it's the same story, whitespace problems causing errors and wasting time. I'm ...
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can't commit code after renaming a file

What I did: renamed a file tried to commit cvs fails with error message file should be removed and is still there (or back again) What is the problem and how do I solve it so that I can ...
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CVS commit Example from ANT build.xml

My build.xml has... <property name="cvs.directory" value="MyProj/build" /> <target name="CVS.Commit" depends="login"> <echo>Commiting EAR file to CVS....</echo> <cvs ...
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How do we add a whole repository and not file by file in CVS?

Hello I am using a custom library which has a lot of files. Now in order to use that library I need to add all the files of that library to the local CVS. So when I cvs update, it shows me all the ...
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Is there a way to block committing from a CVS sandbox?

Is there a way to block committing from a local CVS checkout? The situation is that I've checked out a repository and made some changes to it for testing purposes, but it is important that those ...
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Tag previously committed project in CVS

I have a project in CVS which contains latest changes.I have one old copy of the same project, in which the changes which I made recently is not contained, but I have committed those files in CVS ...
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Eclipse - can I disable the commit facility?

I have a project work situation where all users an checkout projects from CVS and create patch files, but only team leaders can commit back. I note that Eclipse has a commit option - can I shackle it ...
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cvs commit gives a response code of 311 and hangs

$ cvs commit cvs commit: Examining . user@cvshost's password: 311 Pressing enter gives question marks (?) and even CTRL+C does not work. cvs diff displays the changes correctly.