[cvsnt] Not hiding CVS folders

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Tue Apr 1 22:41:24 BST 2003


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Erik Zeek wrote:
> I've checked out many repositories on my work machine (read "fast
> connection") that I also want to work on with my home machine (read "slow
> connection").  I was transferring the file as a zip archive, and my
> archiving program ignored the hidden directories.
> 
> The hiding of the CVS directories is not a killer problem, but it is not the
> standard behavior of CVS, which surprised me, and I wanted to know if there
> was an option to return CVSNT to standard operation.
> 
Winzip has no problem with hidden files, you could use that (it'll even 
restore the attributes on unzip AFAIK)...  if it's causing you grief you 
can just display all the CVS directories in explorer (using 'find') then 
take the hidden property off - CVS won't hide them again.

Tony




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