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

[Michael Gersten]

"Greg A. Woods" wrote:
> > Make sure that you don't permit 'cvs co mispelling' to create a new
> > directory when 'cvs co misspelling' was intended.
> 
> If you spell it right in the "CVSROOT/modules" entry then all should be
> well...  :-)
> 
> > How about 'cvs new module-name module-dir local-dir' to create a new
> > entry, and update the module file all in one? ('local-dir' might be '.').
> 
> There's no need for yet another new command.  Defining the module
> (i.e. giving it a name and directory) in the CVSROOT/modules file should
> be sufficient.

Ok, I had come in late, and not realized that you were first going to have to
update the modules file before this would work.

Even still, what's wrong with an 'all-in-one' to add something to the module
file as well? (or are you of the 'if it can be in a script, it mustn't be in
the regular program' camp?)

Michael