Re: checking out to the same directory that did the import?

[Rob Helmer]

Hi Steve,


I usually just archive the original files and
put them away somewhere before I begin working
on the CVS version.

If you need to keep working on the original version,
just rename the directory and do a fresh checkout.

This way you are sure that what you have in CVS is
what you want, and there isn't anything you forgot to
check in / didn't mean to check in.



HTH,
Rob Helmer

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:45:22AM -0400, Maring, Steve wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to checkout a module to the same
> directory that did the import without blowing the directory away first.  As
> expected, I'm getting the "cvs checkout: move away xxxx; it is in the way"
> message on every file in the repository.  It took me a while to specify
> everything that I DIDN'T want in the repository with a bunch of .cvsignore
> files so doing a blanket rm -r before checking out the module would
> obviously destroy stuff I want to keep.  Manually removing all the files
> that I checked in also seems to be a rather daunting task.  Is there another
> way?
> 
> 
> -Steve Maring
> Tarpon Springs, FL
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