Re: Empty directories

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Friday, July 20, 2001 at 14:51:28 (+0200), irina sturm wrote: ]
> Subject: Empty directories
>
> I get dir_1, dir_2 and dir_1_1 empty,
> while I thought -P was implicit with
> cvs co (when I perform "cvs co -P doc,
> directories dir_1, dir_2 and dir_1_1
> disappear).

Hee hee!  Same mistake I made the other day....  :-)

It's the creation of directories ("cvs update -d") that is implicit with
"cvs checkout", not "-P" for pruning.

(of course they both should be....  can't we please make it so before
the next full release?)

The other clue to remind us is of course that "cvs checkout -d dir" has a
different meaning.

> But if I do
> 
>       cvs co -r br_1 doc
> 
> I get only dir_1 and dir_2, so it is
> like -P is now implicit.

Yes, "-P" is implicit, as it must be, with both "checkout" and "update"
when the operation is on a branch.

Note "cvs export" also implies both directory creation and pruning.

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