Re: address@hidden: Re: rename in cvs]

[Paul Sander]

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>[ On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 10:52:04 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ]
>> Subject: Re: address@hidden: Re: rename in cvs]
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>> Generally speaking, renaming stuff in CVS is royal pain.  You always lose
>> something.  It's up to you to decide what you're willing to give up.

>You never loose anything if you do it right.

>(and assuming some bugs are fixed in some ancillary sub-commands)

In one method, you lose the ability to get a file's entire revision history
in one place (i.e. you must track down its old location(s) and fetch
additional history from there).

In another method, you lose the ability to re-create old configurations
due to missing files.

In still another method, you lose the ability to re-create old configurations
due to extra files.

In all of these methods plus at least one other, you lose the ability to
merge between branches when the rename is done on one of them, at least,
not with the customary "cvs update -j".

I've tried them all.  None of them is 100% satisfactory.

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