Re: Moving CVS files around?

I can move it manually on the backend ... let me know when/if you want it
done ...



On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Stefan Rindeskar wrote:

> When moving files in CVS I usually use the cvs add/cvs remove in the same
> commit with -m something like 'Changed location/name for file xxx to yyy'.
>
> That way you have trace in the log about what happened to a file as both
> old/new name/location.
>
> Maybe not the nicest way but it usually works fine and I haven't found a
> better way yet.
>
> IMHO you should just do it and not worry about the history. If someone wants
> to read it they will have to issue a few more commands and as time
> progresses there are usually less and less interest in the old history. It's
> better than start fiddling around with CVS-files.
>
> /Stefan
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > I'm considering moving s_lock.c from backend/storage/buffer, where it
> > seems to make no sense, into backend/storage/lmgr which seems like a
> > more logical place for it.  However, the only way to do it that I know
> > of is to "cvs remove" in the one directory and then "cvs add" a new copy
> > in the other.  That would lose the CVS log history of the file, or at
> > least make it a lot harder to find.  Is there a way to attach the past
> > commit history to the file in its new location?  Should I just do it and
> > not worry about the history?  Should I leave well enough alone?
> >
> >                         regards, tom lane
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