Re: Adding and Committing multiple new directories and files to a n existing CVS repository

[Mike Ayers]

Reinstein, Shlomo wrote:
> Why not consult the CVS manual?
> http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_3.html#SEC40
> "cvs import" is what you're looking for, if I understand your question
> correctly.

	This is only correct if one wishes to add directories and files that 
are not intermixed with one's existing archive, i.e. if I add a number 
of directories within my archive, complete with new files, the time 
will come to add and commit them all.  Doing an import is probably not 
apropriate for this, unless I misunderstand import.

	I am using WinCVS, which has, I think, an excellent method of adressing 
the problem.  It does not permit gang-adding directories, and follows 
the CVS convention of ignoring directories which have not been added 
to the archive (you can see them, but their contents will not appear 
in flat mode).  This keeps test directories out of the picture, and is 
therefore, IMHO, a Good Thing.  There is, however, a tree view of the 
directories on the left side, which you can navigate through and 
quickly add your new archive directories one by one.

	Once that is done, you can select the top of your project and choose 
/flat mode/, which shows all files in archive directories below  your 
current point.  From there, you can select a view which shows only 
unknown files, and select the ones you want (shift-clicking and 
control-clicking is properly supported, as is ctrl-A), and add them 
(there are buttons for add and add binary, so you can ctrl-click your 
binaries, add 'em binary, then ctrl-A to select all, ctrl-click to 
remove files that are not to be archived, and hit the add button - 
voila!).  Finally, you can, still in flat mode, select a view which 
shows all commitable files, ctrl-A, and hit the commit button.

	Not exactly what was asked for, but probably what is desired.  If the 
OP is on Unix, try gCVS from the same folks at cvsgui.org.


        HTH,

/|/|ike