Re: deleting files

[Frederic Brehm]

At 7:54 -0500 1/17/02, Richard Giuly wrote:
> Is it okay to delete the ,v files from the repository if you don't want
> the corresponding file at all? (that is, you don't even want the history
> preserved)

Yes, assuming that no other file in the repository (like a makefile)
refers to the file.

This might cause some weirdness when a user does a CVS operation on
their sandbox. They may have to edit the CVS/Entries file to fix
things up. I'm not sure about this, so someone else might be able to
clarify what to expect.

> And does deleting that ,v file get rid of everything about
> that file?

Besides the Entries files in users sandboxes, the
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history file will have some references to it. You
could edit them out, or just ignore them.

Fred
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