Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-07 Thread Riechers, Matthew W
Xicheng Jia wrote: On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Mike Ayers wrote: 4. Run a script which deletes all the CVS/Root directories and then `cvs -d /new/path/to/repository update` Can you tell me how to make such script file? NOTE: this is extremely dangerous! *MAKE A BACKUP FIRST* find .

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-06 Thread Xicheng Jia
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Mike Ayers wrote: 4. Run a script which deletes all the CVS/Root directories and then `cvs -d /new/path/to/repository update` Can you tell me how to make such script file? My working directory have too many subdirectories.. Also, shall I delete all 3 files in CVS

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-05 Thread erik . cumps
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/05/2002 12:31 AM To: Noel Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Xicheng Jia [EMAIL PROTECTED], CVS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory Noel Yap wrote: There're several things (with varying

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-05 Thread Riechers, Matthew W
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A. checkout new working dir using new repository location B. transfer content of old working copy to new working copy C. delete and cvs remove files from new working copy if necessary D. get rid of old working copy and continue work in new working copy That

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-05 Thread erik . cumps
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Mike Ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED], CVS [EMAIL PROTECTED], i Xicheng Jia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A. checkout new working dir using new repository location B

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-05 Thread Noel Yap
--- Riechers, Matthew W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A. checkout new working dir using new repository location B. transfer content of old working copy to new working copy C. delete and cvs remove files from new working copy if necessary D. get rid of old

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-04 Thread Riechers, Matthew W
Xicheng Jia wrote: I have several modules in my repository under the following directory: /users/t1/CVSROOT But recently, our system administrator transfered all my data to another directory, say: /users/005/t3/CVSROOT Then I can not checkin or do some other cvs operations

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-04 Thread Noel Yap
There're several things (with varying pro's and con's) you can do: 1. move back the repo until you've checked in everything you need (and don't checkout another working directory until it's moved back) 2. create a symlink (or mount the new repo) to the location of the old repo 3. modify all your

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-04 Thread Larry Jones
Xicheng Jia writes: Then I can not checkin or do some other cvs operations correctly on the files I checkouted out several weeks before, b/c the CVS root had been changed. Can anyone tell me what I should do to recover the relationship between my files and the modules. Also, shall I

Re: Newbie Problem: About repositiory

2002-11-04 Thread Mike Ayers
Noel Yap wrote: There're several things (with varying pro's and con's) you can do: 1. move back the repo until you've checked in everything you need (and don't checkout another working directory until it's moved back) 2. create a symlink (or mount the new repo) to the location of the old repo 3.