Re: Remove missing folders

--- John Deighan <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 09:55 AM 2/14/2008, Bill_CT wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Probably from messing where I shouldn't have, I have 4 folders in my
> >repository that show as missing (icons show a torn folder).  These
> >folders don't show in the CVSROOT folder or my local checked out
> >folder.  I think I got them from deleting the folder in the checked
> >out area outside of WinCVS.
> >
> >How can I clean up the repository display to remove these missing
> >folders?  If I do a Query Update or Commit on the root, I get no
> >errors so WinCVS is otherwise happy with the database (I hope).
> 
> I don't know if this is considered a good practice or not, but in 
> such cases, I go into the CVS folder (it's a hidden folder, but I 
> always set up Windows to show hidden files & folders) that exists in 
> the folder that contains your broken folders, open the Entries file 
> therein, and delete the lines:

I think I already did a bad practice to get where I am.  Maybe 2 bad practices
make a good practice? :)

> D/<broken folder name> ...
> 
> There should be 4 of these lines, one for each broken folder that 
> shows up in your repository

As you know, this worked well. I didn't get a chance to try "Create Folders" on
Update.  I will next time it happens just to see how it goes.

Thank you all for replying!

Bill


 
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