[cvsnt] Use of modules(2) to check out several separate directories into different directories.

[Richard Kerry]

I'm setting up a CVS system for use in a software development project.  
This may be a general cvs rather than cvsnt question, but here goes.

I'd like to set up a module definition so I can do a single check-out to get the three parts of the project I need.

Each project has three parts.
1.  Source files.
2.  Include files.
3.  Executable (output file(s)).

Lets say the repository is in CvsRepo.

I'd like to set up a single module to check out all three parts (call it MyProject_develop).
The source files (in one directory, call it CvsRepo/Source/MyProject) are applicable just to one project.
The Include files (in another directory, call it CvsRepo/Source/Include) are applicable to several related projects.
The executable is one file (in another directory, call it CvsRepo/Binary, ie CvsRepo/Binary/MyProject.exe). It is produced by building the project in the appropriate manner (Visual Studio).  It is needed as it will be issued to another part of the team who need to be able to use it without being able to rebuild it themselves.

I'd like to set up the modules (and/or modules2) so I can check out all three parts in a single check-out.
Ie. I want to say 'cvs checkout MyProject_develop' to 'Develop', and have it :
1.  Get CvsRepo/Source/MyProject as Develop/MyProject, 
2.  Get CvsRepo/Source/Include as Develop/Include, 
3.  Get CvsRepo/Binary/MyProject.exe as Develop/Binary/MyProject.exe.

Cheking out a different project, set up in a similar way, would get a different source directory, the same include directory, and put a different binary file into the same Binary directory.

I've tried many different combinations of entries in 'modules' and 'modules2' and can't get it to give me this behaviour.  Has anyone else managed to achieve this ?  Are there any good explanations of modules and modules2 available that I should consult ?  (http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/modules2.html is not very clear about the scope of modules2 or the exact meaning of / or =.)  Is there a way of using multiple -a and -d options ?  (It would seem that I could use -a to let  a module name refer to a different directory or file within the repository, and -d to put the result into a directory with a name different to the module name, but multiple -a options won't co-exist with different -d options.)

Appreciatively,
Richard.


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