Re: Importing a directory structure

[Mark E. Hamilton]

Andrew,

Andrew Chalk wrote:
> I have just installed CVS. I have created a repository. I want to import the 
> directory structure of my projects but NOT add any files at this stage. I 
> will use 'Add' to add them later. What command will achive this?

Interestingly I'm doing a similar thing right now. Here's what I do to 
avoid unnecessary copying. Note that I'm assuming here that your working 
directory name has the same name you want the top-level directory in 
your repository to have.

1. Create your top-level directory in the repository. (Some people call 
this a project.) Doing it in an empty directory ensures that no 
extraneous files or sub-directories get created

mkdir temp
cd temp
cvs -d<repos> import -m 'New project' project_name a b

2. Check out the (empty) project into your existing working directory. 
This shouldn't cause any conflicts, since the repository directory 
should be empty.

cd parent_of_project_name ; checkout -d<repos> checkout project_name

3. Create the directory hierarchy from your working directory. I'm 
assuming here that working_directory is the same as top_level_dir.

cd project_name
find * -name CVS -prune -o -type d -exec cvs add {} \;

All the files in your working directory should now show up as unknown 
('?'). You can 'cvs add' them (or not) when you are ready to commit them.


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Mark E. Hamilton
Orion International Technologies, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
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