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Re: deleting remote-repositories
From: |
Dirk |
Subject: |
Re: deleting remote-repositories |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:23:20 +0200 |
Larry Jones wrote:
> Dirk writes:
> >
> > ...and when i deleted everything i see that the empty directories are still
> > there..
>
> Where? In your working directory? If so, be sure to use the -P option
> on checkout and update (you probably want to add that you your ~/.cvsrc
> file). In the repository? If so, they're not empty: they contain the
> Attic subdirectories that in turn contain all the deleted files.
>
and how can i get rid of these attic directories? or will they stay forever?
is it possible to checkout deleted files from the attic? - because it could
happen that i import/add private files by mistake...
>
> > -is it bad style to remove things from $CVSROOT you dont want to have there
> > with delete?
>
> What kinds of things: things you've added or things that are standard
> parts of CVS? Removing your own additions is fine, removing standard
> CVS things probably isn't a good idea.
>
ahh.. i meant stuff like complete modules with 'rm $CVSROOT/<module_name> -Rv'
<- such "things"
>
> > -can i RE-import a whole new source tree into the module i deleted before?
>
> Sure.
>
hmm... strange .. that doesnt work on sourceforge.. but that might be another
problem...
thanks,
Dirk