[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 19:15:30 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > It's irrational to want the present implementation of a tool to do > something that it isn't designed to do. CVS cannot represent the idea > that BAR was once called FOO; that they are semantically intended to be > the same object. > > But it's not illogical to *want* the capability in a version control tool.
Are we talking about CVS, or some fictional tool here? I'm talking about CVS. > In a version control tool that has the capability, the user can see the > entire history of FOO, going back to the point where it was renamed to > BAR and beyond. The rename is just another historic event that is tracked, > and the path name of the file is just another property. There is nothing > illogical about it. Ah, so you're not talking about CVS -- why are you posting here then? -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Planix, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Secrets of the Weird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs