--- "Greg A. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you've got something good enough to commit to > version tracking of any > kind then you'd damn well better have thought really > hard about what to > name the file it's contained in, and what directory > to put it in, and so > on.
So I take it your "successful" programmer never had anything good enough to commit to version tracking. > Moreover if this thing makes it all the way to the > first release of your > project (i.e. the first time it's tagged, after > which renaming it in a > CVS repository is unwise) with a "bad" name, then > all your team is > slipping up. > > There really is very little excuse for a poorly > named file getting into > CVS in the first place, and less for it making the > first release. > > In other words it is very critical to measure the > difference between > files you'd like to rename now which could have been > better named in the > first place vs. files which have changed in content > significantly enough > that they really do deserve a new name now. I disagree. A move is a move regardless of why it needs to be moved. If CVS (yes, I know, Greg, I'm dreaming) handled moves seemlessly, then there's no difference whether the move was made due to a poorly thought-out name, or due to the purposes of the file changing. Noel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
