On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 07:47:44PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > cvsdo can do it by faking new directories entries in CVS/Entries files. > This does not require adding directories to the repository (see below). > I am not suggesting this is a great solution, but it can be done.
For those playing at home, cvsdo is in the super-useful cvsutils package. --Kurt > $ ls /tmp/repo/ > CVSROOT/ test/ > $ cvs -d /tmp/repo co -P test > cvs checkout: Updating test > U test/alpha > $ cd test > $ mkdir foo > $ cvsdo add foo > $ echo 'hello world' > foo/new > $ cvsdo add foo/new > $ cvs -R diff -uNp foo > cvs diff: Diffing foo > Index: foo/new > =================================================================== > RCS file: foo/new > diff -N foo/new > --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 > +++ foo/new 21 Jan 2022 18:38:57 -0000 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +hello world > $ mkdir foo/patches > $ echo new patch > foo/patches/patch1 > $ cvsdo add foo/patches/patch1 > $ cvs -R diff -uNp foo foo/patches > cvs diff: Diffing foo > Index: foo/new > =================================================================== > RCS file: foo/new > diff -N foo/new > --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 > +++ foo/new 21 Jan 2022 18:38:57 -0000 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +hello world > cvs diff: Diffing foo/patches > Index: foo/patches/patch1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: foo/patches/patch1 > diff -N foo/patches/patch1 > --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 > +++ foo/patches/patch1 21 Jan 2022 18:41:50 -0000 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +new patch > $ ls /tmp/repo/test/ > alpha,v > $ >
