[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: renaming under CVS
From: |
Greg A. Woods |
Subject: |
Re: renaming under CVS |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:57:50 -0500 (EST) |
[ On Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 20:46:05 (-0800), Noel Yap wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: renaming under CVS
>
> I'm starting to think about a scheme where CVS would
> go through a filename mapping if the usual archive
> file isn't found (I think this is how Meta-CVS works).
> The mapped archive file would only exist if there's
> been a rename or move. I don't think such a scheme
> would _fundamentally_ break backwards compatibility.
If an old version of CVS cannot recover a release, or indeed if plain
RCS commands on the RCS files cannot revcover a release, then you've
broken backwards compatability. If you want to rename things in that
way then you'll have to do it post checkout/update/export.
--
Greg A. Woods
+1 416 218-0098; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Planix, Inc. <address@hidden>; VE3TCP; Secrets of the Weird <address@hidden>
- Re: CVS Update Behaviour, (continued)
- Re: CVS Update Behaviour, Noel Yap, 2002/02/23
- Re: CVS Update Behaviour, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/24
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/24
- Re: renaming under CVS, Paul Sander, 2002/02/25
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/25
- Re: renaming under CVS, Mark, 2002/02/25
- Re: renaming under CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/25
- Re: renaming under CVS, Paul Sander, 2002/02/26
- Re: renaming under CVS,
Greg A. Woods <=
- Re: renaming under CVS, Paul Sander, 2002/02/26
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/26
- Re: renaming under CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/26
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/26
- Re: renaming under CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/27
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/27
- Re: renaming under CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/27
- Re: renaming under CVS, Noel Yap, 2002/02/27
- Re: renaming under CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2002/02/27
- Re: renaming under CVS, Paul Sander, 2002/02/27