[cvsnt] Re: Best way to check out missing subdir?

Glen Starrett glen.starrett at march-hare.com
Fri Jul 21 17:14:52 BST 2006


Bo Berglund wrote:
> Say I have a module checked out that originally contained just one
> subdir and now people have added a few more.
> In my sandbox I only have the original subdir but now I want one or
> more of the new ones, but I don't want all of them (because some
> contain very large files that I cannot handle through my dialup link).
> What is the best way to accomplish this (cvsnt command line or through
> WinCvs dialogs)?

I'd say either:

(in parent of sandbox X)
cvs -d {same CVSROOT} co X/Y

Or

(in sandbox X)
cvs co -d Y X/Y

I believe that will work as expected and not have side effects, but it's 
not thoroughly tested.

Regards,

-- 
Glen Starrett



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