Re: Why does CVS treat removed files so specially?

[Steve Greenland]

On 18-Feb-00, 11:32 (CST), "|}avid (opeland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> We are NOT doing multiple lines of development, but enacting a process
> WORKFLOW which says that files are in a different state at different
> times.  Whether or not the file is present or not doesn't (and
> shouldn't) matter.
>
> (To recap, I have a moving tag that I use to indicate which revision
> of a file is in which state of workflow).  So, if have dev/stage/live
> tags, and the dead revision is tagged as dev and as stage, but the
> previous (non-dead) revision is tagged as live, that is the state
> where the client is approving a change that involves REMOVAL of that
> file.

If I understand what you're trying to do, it may be that Aegis would fit
your needs better: it explicitly deals with various "stages" of release.

http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/aegis/aegis.html

sg
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