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RE: ***glaring*** flaw in cvs import?
From: |
Jim.Hyslop |
Subject: |
RE: ***glaring*** flaw in cvs import? |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:30:26 -0400 |
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> that's useful to know, but it's still appalling that the default
> ignore list contains "core", which causes cvs to gleefully toss even
> directories named "core". do i understand it correctly that there is
> no way to configure cvs to ignore some *file* patterns but not the
> same *directory* patterns? if that's true, that's definitely one of
> the worst examples of software design i've seen in lots of years.
>
> lord, you could use that in a programming class as a golden
> example of
> things not to do. i'm starting to understand why so many of my
> colleagues won't touch cvs with a barge pole.
Hmmm... do you expect a reasonable response with an attitude like that? I
hope not.
Maybe when you've had a chance to cool down, and think about the history of
CVS, we may be able to continue this conversation.
--
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)