Have a look at,
http://www.fido.de/kama/cvsmtp/en/cvs-en_69.html#SEC69
You can preserve other 'empty' directories by putting an hidden file
into them.
Ondrej
Hon-Chi Ng wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I want to remove a directory from CVS repository.
>
> Here are what I did.
>
> $ cd foo
> $ rm *
> rm: CVS is a directory
> $ cvs remove
> cvs remove: Removing .
> cvs remove: scheduling `f11' for removal
> cvs remove: scheduling `f22' for removal
> [ ... ]
> $ cvs ci -m "Delete foo"
> cvs commit: Examining .
> Removing f11;
> [ ... ]
> Removing f22;
> [ ... ]
> $ cd ..
> $ cvs update -P
> cvs update: Updating .
> cvs update: Updating foo
> [ ... ]
> $ ls foo
> foo: No such file or directory.
> $
>
> However, the "foo" directory is still remain in the repository, and the
> next time I run "cvs co", I still get the "foo" directory back. I don't
> want to use "-P" option, because I want to retain other empty
> directories.
>
> So, my questions are:
> 1. Is it safe for me to delete the "foo" directory in CVS repository
> directly?
>
> 2. If not, is there an alternative way to do so with other empty
> directories still preserved?
>
> Thanks. I appreciate your help.
>
> Regards
> Hon-Chi
>
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