[Savannah-dev] [Bug #2640] CVS page should recomment '-P'

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=================== BUG #2640: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=2640&group_id=11

Submitted by: benja                   Project: Savannah                     
Submitted on: 2003-Feb-23 13:35
Category:  None                       Severity:  5 - Average                
Priority:  None                       Bug Group:  None                      
Resolution:  None                     Assigned to:  None                    
Status:  Open                         Effort:  0.00                         

Summary:  CVS page should recomment '-P'

Original Submission:  The commands listed on Savannah projects' CVS page do not 
include the -P option for pruning empty directories. Projects which have 
changed the layout of their source tree at any point in their lifetime will 
therefore be checked out with superfluous, empty directories sure to confuse 
the person who's just downloaded them.

I suggest that the -P option is added after all 'co' commands on the CVS page. 
Further, to make things easier for CVS newbies, I suggest that the text "When 
you update from within the module's directory (with cvs update) you do not need 
the -d option anymore." is replaced by a new section entitled "Updating a 
checked out directory":

"A directory containing a checkout of a CVS repository can be updated to the 
newest version with the following command, executed in the directory (this 
applies to both anonymous and developer CVS access):

cvs up -dP"



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