[cvsnt] Re: "Removing" tree from repository

Andreas Tscharner starfire at dplanet.ch
Tue Feb 28 20:30:57 GMT 2006


Mark Johnson wrote:
> If I want to remove a directory, including all files and
> subdirectories, can I just remove the top directory, or should I
> remove all files (I'm talking about a cvs remove, not a true delete
> from the repository)?  I think, but don't konw for sure, that

Yes,
Remove all files from that directory, then
"cvs remove" them
cvs commit .
Remove all files that are not under CVS control
make a
cvs -q update -d -P
in the parent directory (the -P option will pruge the empty directory)

Best regards
	Andreas
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