[cvsnt] Re: Moving files to different directories

[Jesse]

It seems like all you want to do is move files and keep the revision history 
(it's precoffee, so I may be wrong).

If you go into your repository through the filesystem on the server (after 
shutting down cvs), you can rename .xxx,v files, or move them around. 
They'll have the old revision history, and when you start CVS up again, and 
update, it should update everyone's code to the new structure names.

Obviously, you'd want to do it as a clean break, and make a backup first.

Hope that helps.


"Harrison, Andrew" <andy.harrison at anite.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.1320.1143557461.17086.cvsnt at cvsnt.org...
Hi,

I've not been subscribing to these lists for some time, so sorry if this
has already been covered. I've looked at the list archives and the wiki
and haven't found the details I'm looking for.

We are about to do a bit of restructuring to our project which will
include creating a new directory structure and moving files from the old
structure to the new structure. Most files will retain the same file
names, but it is possible that a few file names may also need to change.

I know I can do this simply by creating a new directory, copy the file
from the old to the new, add the new file, remove the old file, delete
the old directory, and finally commit the whole lot.

However, since this is still an active development, we want to be able
to do it with minimal impact on users.

Scenario:
Current file - OldDir/MyFile.c
Take a branch, move OldDir/MyFile.c to NewDir/MyFile.c
OldDir/MyFile.c independently changed on trunk.
Merge trunk into branch, changes are merged into NewDir/MyFile.c
Merge branch into trunk, OldDir/MyFile.c is moved to NewDir/MyFile.c
User with existing branch with modified OldDir/MyFile.c merges from
trunk, OldDir/MyFile.c is moved to NewDir/MyFile.c and merges applied.

Using the delete/add method would mean that these merges would have to
be done manually.

And so to my question - will cvs rename handle this, or does it only
handle renaming of files within a directory. And is it still considered
"experimental"?

Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.41a (client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.58d (client/server)

As you can see from my cvs version, I'm not exactly up-to-date with the
server version. Is there significant differences in rename in 2.5.x, and
is it worth using/waiting for 2.6.x instead?

Rgds,
Andy

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