Re: [sdcc-devel] question about directory structure

[Steve K. <sk...@ou...>]

Use the -P (prune) option on the checkout

cvs -z9 -ds...@cv...:/cvsroot/sdcc co -P sdcc

I just chewed on this problem.  The directory must remain if old versions are to
remain retrievable from the tree.  The cvs book talked about how to really
rename or delete a directory, but it requires direct manipulation of the master
source tree and has side effects on anyone with a checked out tree until they
delete and recheck it.  At some point it might be worth declaring "a new
starting point" and pruning out most of the history, but thats not for me to
decide.
Until then I think -P is the best solution.

BTW, -z9 seems to have nicely fixed the cygwin cvs hang problem for me.

Kevin Vigor wrote:
> 
> On 17-Oct-2000 Anton Voloshin wrote:
> > As I can see, there is an empty directory hierarchy under
> > binutils-2.9.5.0.13.
> 
> This is a CVS "feature"; once you add a directory to CVS, you can
> never, ever remove it again.
> 
> The binutils stuff was all checked in once; Sandeep pulled it back
> out, but we'll have to live with the empty directory tree forever. Or
> at least until some CVS guru figures out how to drive a stake through
> its heart.
> 
>         Peace,
>                 Kevin
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