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> > |> If someone can tell how to persuade CVS not to make lispref visible on 
> > |> the branch, I'd be grateful.
> > 
> > The directory itself will always be visible, unless you use "cvs update
> > -P" to let cvs prune it.
> 
> Thanks.  This is a user-level command; I thought there was some way of 
> doing it for everyone, by issuing some CVS command once.

There isn't.  CVS (mis)handles directories a bit like early `tar'
commands: they are not versioned and are only used in order to place
files into them.
Most people should have "update -P" and "checkout -P" in their .cvsrc.


	Stefan