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Re: cvs import ignore
From: |
James. L |
Subject: |
Re: cvs import ignore |
Date: |
Tue, 22 May 2007 11:38:50 -0700 (PDT) |
--- Larry Jones <address@hidden> wrote:
> James. L writes:
> >
> > it turns out that those are empty directories.
> once i
> > create a dummy file, the directory import is fine.
> >
> > why cvs behaving like this?
>
> Because CVS manages files, not directories.
>
i see. thanks.
> > it also ignores .so file
> > as mentioned in the cvs ignore list. what's the
> reason
> > behine this?
>
> .so is used for shared libraries on most Unix
> systems.
>
for some projects i do need to include a .so file -
for example a perl CPAN module may require compilation
and generate a .so file.
i have no problem cvs doing this. but that means i
have to keep remembering checkin the .so files. the
same goes for empty directories.. it feels like CVS
gets in the way.
> -Larry Jones
>
James.
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