Can a .cvsignore file be checked in? (And propagated to them the next time they do an
update?)
Best answer I've seen yet. Thanks.
Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
>
> 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)
> >
> >
