RE: moving repo

[Matt Smith]

I've moved a repository from a win2k box to a linux box by just copying the
files directly.  Had no problems.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Helmer [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2001 7:33 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: moving repo
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> search.cvshome.org seems to be unreachable, and I am wondering about
> people's experiences moving repositories as I search for info
> elsewhere..
> 
> I'm probably going to move a CVS repo from an old Solaris box
> to a new Debian box. I was thinking about creating a new repo
> on the Debian box and manually merging in the old configuration
> files ( if neccessary ) and moving a tarball of the RCS files.
> 
> Is there anything I should look out for when moving a repository
> in this way? I was going to tell developers to just create a backup
> of their old workspace ( tarball or something ) and check out the
> new one, so everybody's sync'd.
> 
> Any anecdotes would be greatly appreciated :)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob Helmer
> Namodn
> 
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