Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scott Gifford wrote: >> find ~/cvs -type f |xargs perl -pi 's/my_password/***********/g' * >> >> Could that damage anything, or is it relatively safe? And will it >> have the effect I want, which is to make any version of the project >> checked out contain asterisks instead of the password? > > That should work. Make sure you back up the repository first (and also > make sure you can restore from said backup!).
Thanks, will do! > If I may suggest an alternative: if the other developers don't need the > history of the files, you could export the latest version to a working > directory, scrub the working directory, then import the files into a new > repository as version 1.1. Just a thought. Yeah, I thought about that, but I like having the history around for myself, and maintaining two repositories seems like a hassle. Thanks! ----Scott. _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
