\nThe details have been changed since they aren’t important\nbut the lesson is the same.\n<\/p>\n
\nA customer had the following problem with a command-line tool:\n<\/p>\n
\n\nI’ve created a taglist but I can’t seem to get it to work\nwith the
track<\/code> command.\nWhen I ask it to track the taglist, it can’t find it.\nBut if I ask for all my taglists, there it is.\n<\/p>\n\nC:\\> show taglists\nYou have 2 taglists:\n active (8 tags)\n closed (6 tags)\nC:\\> track active\nNo such tag \"active\".\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n\nYes, the
track<\/code> command isn’t working,\nbut let’s take a closer look at that error message.\nIt saysno such tag<\/code>.\nStrange, because you are trying to track a taglist, not a tag.\nShouldn’t the error message be\nno such taglist<\/code>?\n<\/p>\n\nAha, the problem is that the
track<\/code> command takes\na list of tags on the command line, not a taglist name.\nThe error message is correct:\nThere is no such tag calledactive<\/code>.\nBecauseactive<\/code> isn’t a tag name;\nit’s a taglist name.\n<\/p>\n\nC:\\> track -taglist active\nTaglist \"active\" is now being tracked.\n<\/pre>\n\nToday’s lesson:\nLook carefully at what the error message complaining about;\nit may not be what you expect.\n<\/p>\n
\nExercise<\/b>:\nDiagnose the following error message, given no information\nabout the program being used beyond what is presented here:\n<\/p>\n
\n\nI accidentally made a change (transaction number 12345)\nto the file XYZ,\nand I want to back it out.\nBut when I run the backout<\/i> command, I get an error.\nCan somebody help me?\n<\/p>\n
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