[cvsnt] Re: Status?: rename support

[Bryce Schober]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:59:42 +0000, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote:
> bryce.schober at gmail.com wrote:
> > I just recently heard about the "experimental" rename support in
> > cvsnt, which I've been aching for... to the point of thinking about
> > switching over to subversion. What is the basic status of the rename
> > support? Is the backend for it stable? In other words, if I can get it
> > to work, will those changes be effective in the future? Or should I
> > just leave it alone for now?
> >
> It works for the simple cases, which are renaming within a directory (a
> bit quirky but does so). Whatever works in the future will always be
> backward compatible (it'll have to be, as the cvsnt repository has a few
> renamed files in it now).
> 
> The easiest way to rename is still to do an add/remove pair, which is
> the old-fashioned way and always works.
> 
> Tony
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What I'm really wanting is file-moving and directory-renaming without
losing history. My software tree is in dire need of re-organization.
-- 
- Bryce Schober