[Cvsnt] cvs import problem

[Bo Berglund]

What you don't realize is that the import command cannot create the
top folder if it does not exist. It creates folders downwards. (I
think)

So given that you have a folder with subfolders that you want to
import to CVS, but not as a new module but rather as a submodule on an
*existing* module then you can do so by specifying the location of the
new submodule using the topmodule/submodule notation as the
destination. BUT the topmodule *must* exist as a valid module and I
believe that you must spell it *exactly* as it is named in the
repository too.
I just did a test of this and it works quite well through WinCvs. Here
is the final command that WinCvs showed in the command window (wrapped
to two lines here):

cvs -z9 import -I ! -I CVS -I *.exe -I *.zip -m "no message"
ModuleXX/imptest avendor arelease (in directory C:\Temp\bb)

I have no clue as to the arguments -I ! -I CVS that appears...

In any case this import produced a subfolder in the existing module
MonuleXX just as I specified.

/Bo


On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:53:23 +0000 (UTC), "Matthias Mohr"
<MMohr at SysDesign-EDV.de> wrote:

>
>> Import is for adding entire new trees.  You specify the module name to
>> add, and do 'import' from within the directory you wish to add.
>>
>> The FAQ sounds wrong to me.    Import always imports from the current
>> directory downwards.
>But that's what I try to do, or not ?
>What exactly sounds wrong to you in the FAQ ?
>And I'm pretty sure, that I already did it exactly like written with original
>CVS client and server...
>
>with regards,
>Matthias
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/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)


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