Re: Move (merge) project from one repository to another (project exists in both)

[Paul Sander]

I'd look at some of the multi-site algorithms that people have applied  
to CVS over the years, and apply one of them to the RCS files.  Or just  
map a branch in R_1 to the trunk of R_2 and do a series of co/ci  
operations to copy the history over, applying tags as necessary.  Then  
use CVS normally to merge the top of the old R_2 trunk to the R_1  
trunk.

If you end up doing something like this yourself from scratch then my  
rinfo program can help analyze the meta-data stored in the RCS files.   
It's located at the following URL:

http://www.wakawaka.com/source.html

On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:55 AM, Russ Sherk wrote:

> Any ideas?
>
> On 2 Feb 2006 05:18:35 -0800, Xapp <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Currently we have 2 repo's with the same project.  R_1/mod_A,
> > R_2/mod_A.  For some reason, R_1/mod_A was abandoned and development
> > proceded on R_2/mod_A.  R_1 is our main repo and we want to move
> > R_2/mod_a to R_1.
> >
> > I know that a project can be moved from repo to repo with the only  
> > real
> > impact being to checked out copies [1], [2].  Is it possible to move
> > R_2/mod_a to R_1/mod_a without losing history?  Or would it be better
> > to move the unwanted project out of the way and replace (copy) it with
> > the new one?
> >
> >
> >
> > [1] - Moving a project -
> > (  
> > http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cvs.help/browse_thread/thread/ 
> > 3959f53143ed21ed/73d5a93b1f936af8? 
> > q=move+project+from+repository&rnum=2#73d5a93b1f936af8)
> > [2] - Renaming directories -
> > (  
> > http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS-- 
> > Concurrent_Versions_System_v1.12.12.1: 
> > _Adding%2C_removing%2C_and_renaming_files_and_directories#SEC75)
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