Re: Patches to New Files not yet in CVS (was: [C] packages: Update .cvsignore for generated .info* and .html)
|--==> "VS" == Ville Skytt <Ville> writes:
VS> On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 17:21, Jerry James wrote:
VS> FWIW, I found something at <http://www.plex86.org/cvs.phtml> by
VS> googling, the suggestion to keep two checked out copies and do a
VS> normal diff between is the best I've found so far. Not too
VS> elegant, though.
That would seem like the best approach to me if you don't have commit
access.
>Incidentally, some of my work also involves moving files out of
>src into some subdirectory of modules. CVS doesn't cope well with
>file moves. How should I go about submitting all of this?
VS> I guess the strategy with 2 copies works here too. I guess
VS> CVS admins (cvs-admin＠) could do a real move directly in the
VS> repository as well...
Um, no we wouldn't. If I were to physically move a file in the
repository you would no longer be able to build older versions of the
project. To "move" a file you 'cvs remove' it from one directory and
'cvs add' it to the new directory.
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