Re: renaming a Repository

[Johnny Fulcrum]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:41:59 -0800, Conrad T. Pino <address@hidden> wrote:

> > From: Johnny Fulcrum
> >
> > Is renaming a repository as easy as mv <oldname> <newname> at the UNIX
> > command line and letting anyone who has
> > things checked out know they have to fix up all of the CVS/Root files in
> > their sandboxes as well as their ~/.cvspass files if for pserver?
>
> That's almost true.  Since/if you're using :pserver: on the server side  
> then
> you need to modify "inetd.conf" option "--allow-root=" value.  Read this:
> http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_2.html#SEC30

Yes That is true!  Forgot to mention I have a inetd.conf hack to run a  
shell to dynamically grab any directory in a certain location and treat it  
as a repository:
/usr/bin/cvs -f  `ls -d /cvs/* | sed -e '1,$s/.*/--allow-root=&/'` pserver

Then I don't have to have the unix admins edit the inetd.conf file... :)

> Also consider cvs will use repositories identified by symbolic links and
> accepts multiple "--allow-root=" options.  Consider doing:
>
>    mv <oldname> <newname>  # new name is hard linked
>    ln <newname> <oldname>  # old name is symbolic link
>
> In "inetd.conf" use "--allow-root=<newname> --allow-root=<oldname>" and
> then access by old AND new names should work concurrently.
>
> > concerned about history - but I see nothing in CVSROOT that is depending
> > on the name of the repository...
>
> Don't know about this one myself.