Re: move/rename in cvs

Thanks all for your tips. On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 05:07:02PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: | dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > There must be a better way; what is it? | | Ah, fool you. No, there really isn't a better way, Too bad. | which is a big reason subversion

Re: move/rename in cvs

On 2002-05-03 14:13:27, Andrew Agno wrote: > Yes, use a different source code tracking system. Since CVS is based > on RCS, there's no metadata kept about file movement. See BitKeeper, > for instance: > http://www.bitkeeper.com/Products.Comparisons.CVS.html > > Also see arch, subversion: > http:

Re: move/rename in cvs

On Fri, 3 May 2002 16:04:43 -0500 "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I want to rename cvs-managed files or directories or I want > to move a file/dir to a different directory. The only way I have > found, so far, to do that is to go to $CVSROOT and manually change the > repository (pot

Re: move/rename in cvs

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There must be a better way; what is it? Ah, fool you. No, there really isn't a better way, which is a big reason subversion is being developed. > Also, is there a way to create new projects other than > 'mkdir $CVSROOT/new_proj'?

Re: move/rename in cvs

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ don't have suggestions for first answer ] > Also, is there a way to create new projects other than 'mkdir > $CVSROOT/new_proj'? I can't checkout a project until it exists, and > I can't add a directory unless I have a local sandbox (which is > created by a chec

move/rename in cvs

Sometimes I want to rename cvs-managed files or directories or I want to move a file/dir to a different directory. The only way I have found, so far, to do that is to go to $CVSROOT and manually change the repository (potentially dangerous) or to remove and add the file accordingly (which loses a