Flat and hierarchical mirrors of repository

[Brian Jung]

Hi,

        I'm a newbie setting up CVS locally for a group of
designers who are used to writing code in a "flat" directory
structure, e.g., src/*.c. Most of their tools assume this flat
structure. As Murphy's law would have it, other groups we are working
with prefer the hierarchical tree structure, e.g., moduleA/src/A*.src,
moduleB/src/B*.c, etc., for their code. My goal is to be able to
satisfy both crowds.

        Starting with a "flat" repository structure, I can checkout
a flat mirror (duh). Using the "modules" file in CVSROOT (ampersand),
I can create subdirectories which can be checked out in local
directories. However, a global update fills each subdirectory's src
directory with all the *.src files. I assume I'll have to create a
script for "update" when I'm doing it heirarchically that goes down
each subdirectory (to my limit specified in "modules") and do a
'checkout module'.

        Do any of you have experience with this sort of thing? I
realize it may be a newbie question and I couldn't find anything with
my search of the archives. Any suggestions you have, based on your
insight or experience, I would appreciate.

        I may need to convince my local designers to break their
code into modules with hierarchy and just make links to a flat
directory. Or is it fairly straightforward to start with a
hierarchical repository and create a "flat" mirror (without any
links)?

Thanks,
        Brian Jung