Re: update vs. checkout

[gabriel rosenkoetter]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 05:25:53PM +0000, Tom Udale wrote:
> I see.  What is the advantage of the -P (prune directories, if I recall) on
> update?

The way CVS behaves with deleted directories in the repository
(which behavior is, imho, broken, but that's a whole other can of
worms that really doesn't need opening right now) makes it such that
any directory ever cvs added will be recreated on a subsequent cvs
update of the sandbox even if the directory (and its contents) have
been cvs deleted. -P makes those empty (and misleading) directories
go away.

It should be noted that my use of CVS is not exclusively but
primarily with the NetBSD source repository, where there are a host
of deleted directories. But it's my feeling that any large project
will eventual restructure or rename directories, leading to a
similar situation.

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