On 2005-02-18 13:04:53 -0500, A. Khattri wrote:
> CVS doesn't handle directories very well. Specifically, when you move
> stuff around you might find yourself having to manually remove old
> directories.

[16:16:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat ~/.cvsrc
cvs -q
checkout -P
update -d -P
diff -u -d -p

You don't need to manually remove old directories (i.e. those that are
empty as a result of you moving files around) if you use the -P option.

> This is one reason why a lot of people use Subversion instead.

Indeed.  The handling of directory renaming in CVS is, well,
nonexistent.

-- 
Daniel Westermann-Clark

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