Re: How to make "update -d" ignore a top-level directory?

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 10:02, Shankar Unni wrote:
 
> How can I achieve what I want: to be able to:
> 
>  * not have to set CVSROOT in the environment.
>  * Be able to issue an "update -d" from the root of my work area, and
>  * not get that junk directory?
> 
> Is there a way? I'm trying to avoid having to do a "radical nms-ectomy"
> (:-/) on my repository..

In CVSROOT in your repository there's a configuration option in one of
the files - I think it's called config - that is 'TopLevelDir'. Set it
to yes, and the directory you're in when you run cvs checkout gets a CVS
subdirectory.

I believe that will do what you want.



Jenn V.
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