From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: Make CVS default revision controller
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:24:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <84wugj80nc.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5lhe7ndr5j.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
> One thing you could do is the following:
>
> > mkdir $CVSROOT/home
> > cd
> > cvs -d $CVSROOT checkout -d temphome home
> > mv temphome/CVS .
> > rmdir temphome
>
> [ Beware, tho: CVS does not like it when $CVSROOT and a workarea overlap,
> so make sure that $CVSROOT is not somewhere under your home dir ].
>
> so that your home directory is now "a CVS workarea for the `home' module".
> Emacs will now do what you want under ~/ but it still won't do what you
> want in subdirectories.
Why not just import the whole homedir using cvs import, then check it
out under $HOME again. Then the whole home dir is under CVS control.
This, however, is probably not what the OP intended. But it's the
way CVS works. So it is clear where the problem is.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-20 8:35 Make CVS default revision controller marcuirl
2003-05-20 9:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-20 12:36 ` Niels Freimann
[not found] ` <mailman.6455.1053434411.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-05-22 8:51 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-22 11:46 ` marcuirl
2003-05-22 13:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-22 15:24 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2003-05-22 14:29 ` Burton Samograd
2003-05-22 15:26 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-22 17:21 ` Edward O'Connor
2003-05-22 22:35 ` Benjamin Rutt
2003-05-23 6:11 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-22 14:58 ` Harald Maier
2003-05-22 15:22 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-23 8:26 ` marcuirl
2003-05-23 11:48 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-05-23 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-26 6:56 ` marcuirl
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