[cvsnt] "Removing" tree from repository

Torsten Martinsen torsten at vip.cybercity.dk
Tue Feb 28 20:42:05 GMT 2006


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Mark Johnson wrote:

>If I want to remove a directory, including all files and
>subdirectories, can I just remove the top directory, or should I
>remove all files (I'm talking about a cvs remove, not a true delete
>from the repository)?  I think, but don't konw for sure, that
>directories are not versioned, which would imply that all files must
>be removed.  Maybe the action depends on the tool used: command line,
>tortoise, wincvs - all three of which I use.
>  
>
Not really. The only way to remove a directory is to remove all files 
inside it.

>In Tortioise I can remove a dir, but I don't know what it
>does...possibly remove all files with a script.
>
TortoiseCVS does not use scripts, but "CVS Remove" on a directory does 
remove all files in it (recursively).

-Torsten



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