[cvsnt] Re: Purging a folder from the repository

Gerhard Fiedler lists at connectionbrazil.com
Tue Feb 21 19:21:48 GMT 2006


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Mike wrote:

> An extraneous folder was accidentally added to one of our modules.  I'd
> like to remove all traces of the folder from the repository.  I did a
> bit of searching on this and the only thing I came across was a 5 year
> old posting that said the only way to do it is to go into the
> repository's underlying file structure and delete the folder there.  I
> realize this isn't proper file "accounting", but the folder is
> completely irrelevant, and it mucks up our otherwise pristine file
> structure.   :)
> 
> So I was wondering:
> 
> A) Is this still an acceptable method?
> 
> B) Is there a better way?

AFAIK there is no other way. I'm not quite sure what happens with those
sandboxes that have a copy of the directory. They probably will come up
with some kind of error.

Gerhard



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