[cvsnt] Re: CVS/Rename format

Torsten Martinsen torsten at tiscali.dk
Sun Apr 10 21:28:10 BST 2005


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Tony Hoyle wrote:

> Torsten Martinsen wrote:
>
>> Well, the obvious syntax would be
>>
>>    cvs rename old new
>>    cvs commit new
>
>
> Separating out individual renames within a directory is quite hard at 
> present.  Basically directories are versioned separately from files 
> (and are completely independent - ie. 'cvs update new' will not change 
> its filename).
>
> What's needed is a way to commit/update the directory itself which is 
> easy for people to understand. 

I propose adding a new option (say -r) meaning "Commit renames only".

-Torsten



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