[cvsnt] Removing Files

[pdfeeny at aep.com]

Hi Arthur,


"Arthur Barrett" <arthur.barrett at march-hare.com> wrote on 12/31/2008 
05:57:46 PM:

<snip> 
> 
> Not to me - looks like you are trying to defeat the version control
> system. 

Not at all.  Please don't misunderstand me, I'm trying to work within the 
version control system.

> 
> That history may just look like rubbish today, but one day it'll be 
important, 

I fully appreciate the importance of the history.  What I was trying to 
avoid was mixing old history with new.

> why not:
> * delete (files)
> * cvs remove (files)
> * cvs rtag (module)
> * (create files)
> * cvs add (files)
> * cvs commit -m "" (files)

If I add a new file that happens to have the same name as an old (removed) 
file, won't the new file have the same ,v file as the old?  Would this 
matter?  Am I over-analyzing this?

> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Arthur