Re: regression in cvs 1.11.1p1, "cvs checkout" command

[Larry Jones]

Russ Tremain writes:
> 
> I have found what I believe to be a regression in 1.11.1p1 from 1.11.
> 
> The symptom is that the top level directories that are initially
> checked out have a value of the actual directory name in  the CVS/Repository
> meta-file instead of the constant "CVSROOT/Emptydir".  I assume that the
> Emptydir value prevents "cvs update -d" from picking up top-level
> directories that have been explicitly excluded by the initial checkout.

That was an intentional change: people found it very confusing to have a
working directory that obviously corresponded to a specific respository
directory mapped to Emptydir instead.

> This causes the next "cvs update -d" to bring down all directories
> at the same level that have been explicitly excluded by the initial checkout.

That's the double-edged sword of -d -- CVS has no way to tell a newly
created directory that you do want from an old directory that you
specifically don't want.

-Larry Jones

I hate it when they look at me that way. -- Calvin