RE: Migrating from sourcesafe to cvs

[Jimmy Rimmer]

CVS has a feature called "alias modules" just for this purpose.  Described
in the manual:
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC156

Basically, shared files go into one (or more) directory/ies, and modules are
then defined to include that/those directory/ies with the regular module.

It doesn't use the specific word "shared," but that doesn't mean it isn't
intended for that purpose.  It's kind of like "asynchronous i/o" versus
"overlapped i/o" -- they're just two terms for the same thing, although if
you use "overlapped" instead of "asynchronous" not everyone will know what
you're talking about. :)


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wouter Brissinck [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:38 PM
> To: Jimmy Rimmer; address@hidden; address@hidden;
> address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Migrating from sourcesafe to cvs
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am not saying CVS can't do it - in fact i'm still hoping 
> someone will tell
> me the way.
> With my "conclusion" i just mean that there is no "shared 
> files" chapter in
> the CVS manual
> and a "cvs share" command or something like that.  If there 
> is a way, it's
> not a clean,
> intended way of using CVS.
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> w
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Rimmer" <address@hidden>
> To: "'Wouter Brissinck'" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:15 PM
> Subject: RE: Migrating from sourcesafe to cvs
> 
> 
> : That's not the correct conclusion -- it's just that the method he
> suggested
> : fails.  At my last job, we solved this problem by giving 
> the shared files
> : their own module, and then defining that module as a 
> sub-module via the
> : "modules" file in CVSROOT.
> :
> : 
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> :  Jimmy Rimmer, Software Engineer           
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> : 
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> : "Keeping a positive attitude, if nothing else, will annoy 
> enough people
> :  along the way to make it worth the effort."                
>  --Lord Hep
> :
> :
> : > -----Original Message-----
> : > From: Wouter Brissinck [mailto:address@hidden
> : > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:24 PM
> : > To: address@hidden; address@hidden; 
> address@hidden
> : > Subject: Re: Migrating from sourcesafe to cvs
> : >
> : >
> : > Hello,
> : >
> : > So, if i understand well, the idea with the symbolic links
> : > fails because it
> : > is not safely handled
> : > by CVS in case several people try to access the same
> : > directory or file at
> : > the same time ?
> : >
> : > In any case, the conclusion seems to be that CVS doesn't have
> : > a feature
> : > supporting
> : > shared files, so tools like WinCVS won't support it either.
> : > Is there a
> : > "whish-list" for
> : > CVS development ? :-)
> : >
> : > Thanks for the info,
> : >
> : > w
> : >
> : >
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