Re: Browsing modules on server

[Larry Jones]

Daniel Bron writes:
> 
> My cvs client, wincvs, supports browsing the modules on the server.
> However, whenever I try to do this, I get an error to the effect that the
> 'modules' file doesn't list any modules.  My question is, am I responsible
> for populating this file?

Yes, should you want to do so.

> Shouldn't the CVS server knwo what modules are in
> a particular directory?  

Module names have nothing whatsoever to do with directory names.  CVS is
perfectly happy to take a relative path within the repository in lieu of
a module name, so you don't have to define any modules at all.  However,
there is a command to list all the modules (co -c) but there isn't a
command to list directories.

> I'm reading the documentation on the 'modules' file, and it doesn't make any
> sense to me.  It says I'm supposed to supply a module name and a directory;
> but all my modules are just subdirectories of my repository.  Do I really
> need to update this file every time someone adds or deletes a module?

Yes, if you want "co -c" and things that depend on it to work.

-Larry Jones

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