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Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/? |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:38:30 +0200 |
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Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:
>> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>> > I think this is generally considered a very bad thing to do. It's
>> >much safer (if less exciting) to just do the old cvs add+rm thing,
>> >and make the first commit log in the new location "renamed from foo".
>>
>> But then we lose the log.
>
> The usual solution is this:
>
> 1. Manually *copy* the ,v file from the old place to the new place.
>
> 2. Use 'cvs rm' to "remove" it from the old place (actually just
> marks the head revision as dead and puts the ,v file into CVS's
> Attic, thus preserving history)
>
> That's a compromise.
It's still junk.
> It creates some new false history, but at least it preserves all of
> the old history.
You can do that by doing the checkin with the _complete_ old log as a
log message.
> Old tags and branches will have all the files they should have,
> they'll just have a bit more besides.
I don't see what the problem with just checking the whole old log into
the new file's log is. It does not create a false history, and it
works fine.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, (continued)
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Stefan Monnier, 2004/10/15
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/17
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Richard Stallman, 2004/10/18
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Ralf Angeli, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Ralf Angeli, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Karl Fogel, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Stefan Monnier, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, David Kastrup, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/20
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2004/10/21
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/21
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Kim F. Storm, 2004/10/21
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2004/10/23
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/24
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Simon Josefsson, 2004/10/25
- Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2004/10/25