version control and LIP

[Seth Kurtzberg]

On Monday 15 March 2004 08:37, Simon Marlow wrote:
> > >The original question was whether to move the LIP repository
> >
> > to CVS or
> >
> > >keep it in an arch repository, or use something else.  This seems to
> > >have lead on to the question of whether the whole of fptools
> >
> > should move
> >
> > >to a new VC system.
> > >
> > >My opinion: I hate CVS, but I don't think we should switch at this
> > >stage.   The main problems in CVS that affect us every day are:
> > >
> > >  - lack of support for versioning of directories (I'd like to
> > >    rearrange bits of the tree, but find that the fact that we'd
> > >    lose history means it isn't worth it).
> >
> > This can be done in CVS.  (I'm not a CVS fan, but that is
> > neither here
> > nor there.)  CVS can't do it automatically.  However, you can easily
> > move the RCS files and in this manner change the directory
> > structure.
> > What you lose is any history of the directory operations themselves.
> > But it is possible to move files.
>
> Yes, I'm aware of this.  If you move the RCS file, then you lose the
> ability to check out the tree at an earlier date.  You have to copy the
> RCS file, and then edit the copy to mark all the old revisions as
> "dead", thus keeping the history and allowing checkouts of old trees.
> One gets the feeling that this isn't a well-supported feature ;-p

Absolutely.  Add-ons to try and support this do not succeed particularly well.

>
> Cheers,
> 	Simon
>
>
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