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Re: Renaming project - is it this easy?


From: Derek R. Price
Subject: Re: Renaming project - is it this easy?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:33:15 -0400

Richard Holladay wrote:

> I want to rename an existing project.
>
> Can I simply copy the whole project tree to a different directory
> name in the repository root?  I would then checkout new working
> directories with the new project name.
>
> Will I encounter problems with this approach?

As long as all workspaces checked out from the project are released
before the project is moved, CVS itself should give you no problems.
You might notice side effects like the lines in the *info files which
used to match no longer do and entries in the history file could now be
out of date.

Derek

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