> * In message <6npx7.65227$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:50:42 GMT > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku) writes: > > > why can't "cvs mv" just rename the *,v file? > > Because then if you check out (or export) an old tagged build of the > software, it will have the rename. And that will very likely break the > old build. > > A fundamental principle of version control is that when you label some > release of the software, it is fixed for posterity. Anyone can go back > and retrieve that release exactly. This capability essential if you > ever need to go back to that version and shoot off a bugfix branch, > for instance. > > In CVS, you can no longer do this if you start moving around the *,v > files. > > If you can't go back to tagged builds, then your version control > system is reduced to a mere piece of collaboration ``groupware'' at > best, and a file backup system at worst. ;)
Oh my!!! Finally!!! Yess!!! Thanks!!! Now I see the light. I wonder why "Greg A. Woods" could no say that as a reply to the _first_ message suggesting this. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) Support Israel's right to defend herself! <http://www.i-charity.com/go/israel> Read what the Arab leaders say to their people on <http://www.memri.org/> We're too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
