>--- Forwarded mail from Greg Woods:
>[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 05:44:16 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >> >> * 'cvs log BAR' does not list changes in file FOO >> > >> >Of course not!!!! You do not want it to! That would be illogical. >> >> That is false. Just because the tool doesn't do something doesn't mean we >> don't *want* it or that it is illogical. Some version control tools can >> handle renames. The actual object being version is stored anonymously, >> and a path name is just another versioned property of that object. >Let me repeat: You DO NOT want or need to have "cvs log BAR" list >changes in the file "FOO". To want that is illogical. It is >unnecessary! You do, if the version history of FOO is part of the history of BAR, having become that way by way of a reorganization of the project. >Unless and until you understand this you will not understand how CVS >manages change and how filenames are used within CVS. Until you understand why the design of CVS is broken, you will never understand why this is a reasonable expectation. Go away and figure it out. >--- End of forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
