2023-12-09 13:37 AEST by Arthur Barrett - If a file is really a unix file, then committing it on windows can mess up the stored 'mode' (execute bit).


It would be great to have an option to set this on the command line, eg:


 cvs ci -f -o 755 -B 1234 -m "force checkin to set execute bit" build_make.sh

or just to re-use the same mask/mode as last commit:

 cvs ci -f -o prev -B 1234 -m "force checkin to set execute bit" build_make.sh