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Date:      Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:36:15 +0100
From:      Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Replacing files forbidden because that would break *CVS* ?
Message-ID:  <52970E8F.4060103@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <5296EA8F.9050803@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <5296EA8F.9050803@FreeBSD.org>

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Am 28.11.2013 08:02, schrieb Matthew Seaman:
> 
> Prompted by bsam, I'm attempting to re-connect the www/rt42 port with
> its history, buy 'svn rm'-ing the current www/rt42 contents, 'svn cp
> www/rt40 www/rt42' and then reapply the changes to the files.
> 
> Except I get this:
> 
> lucid-nonsense:~...ports/www/rt42:% /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/psvn commit
> ===> Do not replace files as this will break the CVS exporter: "."
> 
> Uh... do we still care about exporting to CVS?  I though CVS was long gone.
> 
> Any ideas on how I can achieve my aim of fixing the history for rt42
> gratefully received.

I agree we should lift limitations that were to assist CVS.

Can you "svn commit" before you svn cp to split the intended change in
two SVN revisions?  I seem to recall this was the canonical workaround
for the CVS exporter.

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