Re: future of cvs

[Paul Sander]

On Sep 5, 2005, at 1:54 AM, address@hidden wrote:

> > > we are using cvs for already 5 years in a 3500 files/500 folders
> > > project (php) and time comes for rearranging file structure a bit.
> > Yup, that time comes to most projects eventually.
>
> I found something here -
>
> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/qref/cvs.html
>
> Question 3.10 How do I rename a file? actually advices to touch the 
> repository. If this is safe - we have no problem to stop work for a 
> while, rearrange everything, and checkout.
>
> Would you advice this as safe?
>
> We have not used branching and tagging in any way - if this makes any 
> difference.

That's one of the methods described in the manual.  It's workable, but 
you must do a remove/commit on every branch:  They must be done in the 
original location if the branches continue in the new location, and 
they must be done in the new location if they're obsolete.

Also note that, should the old location be used again for a new file, 
the users will be confused by the existing version history.
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Paul Sander       | "To do two things at once is to do neither"
address@hidden | Publilius Syrus, Roman philosopher, 100 B.C.