[cvsnt] Re: RepositoryPrefix disappearance?

[Bo Berglund]

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 23:57:03 +0100, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org>
wrote:

>Glen Starrett wrote:
>  Looks like version 2.0.44 is when it changed (from HistoryPage):
>> 
>Also on a newer system there will never be a RepositoryPrefix tag - some 
>parts of CVSNT eg. the control panel use the existence of this tag to 
>trigger the conversion code, then delete the tag.  This means you can 
>use the same mechanism to check what format the repository information 
>is in without relying on the CVSNT version.
>
>Tony

But this also means that putting in the item manually to overcome the
problem until I can fix CVSMailer will not work....
What happens if the prefix entry is added after you have already done
the conversion? Does it completely screw up the repository then?

Bo


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)