I just committed some files with the wrong log message

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I just committed some files with the wrong log message

You don't need to hand-edit anything in the repository to solve this. Just run admin with the -m flag. Remember to have no space between -m and its argument, and to quote the replacement log message as you would a normal one:

     floss$ cvs admin -m1.17:'I take back what I said about the customer.' hello.c

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