Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 16:30:25 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, FreeBSD hackers list <FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: moving CVS repository Message-ID: <20000109163025.A63612@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <20000109142716.D84E01CCE@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@netplex.com.au on Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 10:27:16PM %2B0800 References: <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> <20000109142716.D84E01CCE@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 10:27:16PM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Ollivier Robert wrote:
> > According to Wilko Bulte:
> > > Is there any way, short of running a fresh cvs co, to correct this?
> >
> > *NOT TESTED*
> >
> > Something along the lines of
> >
> > perl -ni -e 's</old/path></new/path>' **/{Root,Repository} (if using zsh)
> >
> > or
> >
> > find . \( -name Root -o -name Repository \) -path \*CVS\* | xargs perl -ni ..
> .
> >
> Note that there is an important change in CVS behavior in 1.10.7 (in -current
> and -stable) relative to 1.10. CVS used to have:
>
> CVS/Root: /local/CVSfoo
> CVS/Repostory: /local/CVSfoo/path/to/directory
>
> Now it has:
> CVS/Root: /local/CVSfoo
> CVS/Repostory: path/to/directory
>
> ie: Repository is now *relative* to the Root, and does not duplicate the Root
> path.
Allow me a potentially stupid question: why do the Root files exist at all?
I mean, assuming you cvs -q <cmd> with CVSROOT set to the right place you
should be able to work on your checked-out tree without problems. Or am I
missing the glaringly obvious here?
Maybe the same applies to the Repository files?
And if they have to exist, why are they repeated everywhere?
> Also, 1.10.7 has "multiroot" capability. If you descend a tree with different
> CVS/Root's, it will do the expected thing. That means if you have a part local
> tree and a part remote tree, a 'cvs update' will switch to and from remote
> mode as required. This can be a bit of a suprise if you are not expecting it!
>
> One other thing.. cvs -d new-root-path *unconditionally* overrides *all*
> CVS/Root files. The CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT hack is gone and no longer required.
> cvs now assumes that if you override the root with -d, then you know what you
> are doing. ie: you can check out from /local/mycvs and commit with
This sounds like I would expect (but I have never commited anything to a cvs
tree so I have not shot myself in the foot here ;-)
Thanks,
--
Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project
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