Re: cvs history file is huge, can it be removed?

[Larry Jones]

Kevin Tomasek writes:
> 
> my question is ..  can the history file be deleted?  moved and create a new
> history file?

Yes.

> the manual says that the history file is used if it exists, is this true?
> if i don't have one it won't create one?

Yes.  Recent releases of CVS even let you control what gets logged in
the history file and what doesn't (so you don't waste space storing
stuff you're not interested in) by specifying LogHistory= in
CVSROOT/config:

http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC177

-Larry Jones

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-- Calvin