> ----- Forwarded message from "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- >... > > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:21:54PM +0100, David Reid wrote: > > > Can someone who knows tell me how to "correctly" rename the memory files > > > in > > > CVS? > > > > > > That's why I haven't done it yet... :) > > > > We haven't done a release yet and we don't need the history of the files in > > their old locations. Just go into /home/cvs/... on dev.apache.org and 'mv' > > the files. > > > > Special precautions are only needed if we want to preserve history (in the > > old location) and/or we have tagged the files under their old names. > > This is _wrong_. > > As soon as one other person checks out a tree, you danged well better drop it > in > the attic for their benefit. Otherwise, there is little wonder why two folks > might > be building just fine, and everyone else later can't build. > > You and that other person won't have your trees pruned, but the rest of the > world > will. That's not appropriate.
Huh?! If a *file* is moved in the repository, then the client properly handles it (with a comment noting the file is no longer in the rep.). Problems only occur when you move *directories*. We've moved files before, and I haven't heard of a problem. When we moved directories: yes, there were big problems. It is safe to move a file. That is all we're talking about. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
