Also you should probably add a localized .cvsignore file to ignore the
temporary build/output directories, in this situation (so they will probably
never get accidentally added again, as well as clutter the cvs update with ?
entries)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthias Kranz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: Completely removing directories -- how?
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 12:59:04AM -0500, Michael Gersten wrote:
> > > I don't think CVS itsself has this functionality but you can always go
> > > into the repository directories and remove things with rm. Just *BE
VERY
> > > CAREFUL* when your doing this so that you don't delete something
you'ld
> > > like to keep.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I'm trying to avoid this. I'm not the only one with stuff
> > checked out in this.
> >
> > Noel, you seem to be the big CVS hacker. Can you do something so that
CVS
> > will be graceful in this regards?
>
> Hopefully, CVS will NEVER get an uncommit, because it is not what a
Version
> Control System is supposed to provide.
>
> > Right now, if I manually remove files from the repository, future
> > checkouts will be good, but anyone with stuff checked out will get
errors
> > if they try to update.
> >
> > Right now, if I just do 'cvs rm', then 'update -dP' will fail.
>
> You've read the Cederqvist CVS manual? You'll find it in every source
> distribution of CVS and online via www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html.
>
> What you have to do, is to remove every file inside the target directory:
>
> bash$ cd bad_dir/
> bash$ rm bad_file1 bad_file2 ...
>
> Then you have to remove the files from CVS control with
>
> bash$ cvs rm bad_file1 bad_file2 ...
> ...
> bash$ cvs ci -m "removing unwanted dir" bad_file1 bad_file2 ...
>
> Afterwards you should run 'cvs update' with the '-P' flag and the
directory
> will disappear.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matthias
> --
> Matthias Kranz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.belug.org/~kranz
> "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again.
> Fail again. Fail better." (Samuel Beckett)
>
>
