RE: Can I adding earlier history to a repository

[Jim.Hyslop]

Guus Leeuw jr. wrote:
> There are 3 possible scenarios' I can think of:
> 1) Import the earlier release
> 2) Create a new area
> 3) Hand hack
There is a fourth possibility - don't import the earlier revisions at all.

Darren, it may be easier and more cost-effective in the long run simply to
maintain snapshots of the pre-CVS revisions on CD-ROMs (with suitable
off-site backup copies, of course). You will have to decide how important it
is to be able to view and/or reconstruct versions prior to "the beginning of
time" (i.e. when you started using CVS for this project :-) It's not a CVS
solution, but it could be the most effective SCM solution.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )