Re: newbie question regarding "cvs init"

2003-11-25 Thread Ed Avis
"Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an >empty new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs >import". however, is it feasible (or just plain bad practice) to >create a new repository over top of an existing dir

Re: newbie question regarding "cvs init"

2003-11-23 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an empty > new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs import". That is one of many methods that people use to populate re

newbie question regarding "cvs init"

2003-11-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
hard to believe but i have a question regarding creating a new repository with "cvs init". i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an empty new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs import". however, is it feasible (or just plain bad practice) to creat