Re: 2 WinCvs suggestions - adding and deleting directory structures

--- In [email protected], Gerhard Fiedler <gelists@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-01-31 18:10:34, Ryan Robinson wrote:
> 
> > Hi, we recently needed to move a directory structure with several
> > sub-directories (and hundreds of files) to a different location 
in a project
> > to satisfy some new Makefile rules.  I did the following:
> > 
> > 	1. Copied the directory to the new location
> > 	2. Removed existing "CVS" directories
> > 	3. Checked in all directories and files in the new location
> > 	4. Removed the old directory from CVS and committed.
> > 
> > My first suggestion is, with step 3, I pretty much had to add 
directories
> > one at a time, then go into each directory and add files.  
Looking at a list
> > of state "Unknown" files in Flat Mode, the "Add" menu option 
always gets
> > grayed out, unless ALL selected files are in the same 
directory.  "Add" also
> > gets grayed out if you select more than 1 "Unknown" directory.  
It would be
> > nice if you could add several directories at once, and then 
select a bunch
> > of files in there with Flat Mode and add them.  
> 
> Have you tried the macros under Macros | Add?
> 
> Alternatively, you may want to check out TortoiseCVS.

Looks like the extended add selection does what I was looking for.

> > The other (and more serious) problem that we had was that someone,
> > unbeknownst to me, had modified several files under the old 
directory
> > location, and had not committed any changes after a couple days 
of work.
> > When he updated, his entire (modified) directory structure got 
deleted and
> > was NOT put in the recycle bin.
> > 
> > I know if you modify a file and someone else removes it, you 
simply get a
> > message like "X is modified but no longer in the repository."  If 
you then
> > get the clean copy, you still a ".#" file along with the original 
file, and
> > the message "X is not (any longer) pertinent."  That's all well 
and good,
> > but if those files exist under another directory which was 
removed from the
> > CVS repository, it seems that everything just gets wiped out 
without getting
> > put in the recycle bin.
> 
> This is strange. I've never had cvsnt delete a folder that contained
> non-cvsnt files (and the .# backup files are non-cvsnt files). Can 
you boil
> this down to a command line sequence? If so, you probably should 
submit it
> to the cvsnt support group. 
> 
> Gerhard

Yes, it is strange.  I just tried to reproduce this on my computer 
again and couldn't get it to happen this time.  I guess I'll just 
chalk it up to having a non-programmer working with on older version 
of CVSNT.  *shrug*

Thanks Gerhard,
Ryan




 
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