Re: CVS'ing home directory files; CVS in place

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Thursday, August 3, 2000 at 13:03:06 (-0700), Glew, Andy wrote: ]
> Subject: CVS'ing home directory files; CVS in place
>
> This is probably a dumb question, but:
> 
> I want to use CVS to version control files in my home
> directory, such as ~glew-home/.cshrc.

You need a build process to accompany CVS.

Check out your "home" module into a normal working directory, commit a
Makefile in the module that installs your .cshrc file and whatever, and
run "make" every time you want to update your real home directory files
with what's in your working directory.

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