RE: removing the need for "cvs add file" to contact the server....

[Cameron, Steve]

Noel Yap wrote:

> Beware of premature optimisation.  We've already laid out a process that
> relies
> on empty directories being created in the repo.  IOW, it's *necessary* to
> allow
> creation of empty directories for this process.  It would be a kludge to
> create
> a dummy file for this purpose.
        [smc]  (ok I'm repeating myself..sorry.)  But if you ever decide to 
        use branches Noel, this "kludge" is exactly what you will have to 
        do.  And branches are such a major part of CVS, you shouldn't just
        ignore them just because you don't happen to use them.  

        Because of the way that CVS decides if directories are 
        present or absent on a branch (by checking if there are any files 
        within the directory (or subdirs) that are present on the branch) 
        this means it isn't possible to "fix" it without introducing
something
        extra to keep track of directories...which I'm not sure is a good 
        idea. (and I bet there is at least one person who thinks it is a 
        _terrible_ idea :-)   I'd rather see the trunk behave consistently 
        with how branches behave...that is: No empty directories.

         -- steve