Re: import and checkout to same directory

[Stefan Schneider]

Mark D. Baushke wrote:

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> Stefan Schneider <address@hidden> writes:
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> > is it possible to make something like
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> > $ cd PROJECT
> > $ cvs import -I <lotoffiles> PRO1 vendor release
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> No. The -I switch takes a single argument and is intended to be a file
> glob like "*.o"

Hi Mark,

thank you for your answer. In fact I have made something like
$ cvs import -I "*.log" -I "*.txt" -I "*.exe" ...

I only wanted to demonstrate, that I only put some files under version 
control. But you are totally right.

> > $ cd ..
> > $ cvs co -d PROJECT PRO1
> > cvs checkout: existing repository /cygdrive/f/PROJECT does not match
> > /cygdrive/f/CVS/PRO1
> > cvs checkout: ignoring module PRO1
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> You would do better to create a copy of the PROJECT directory, prune all
> of the files and directories you do not wish to import and import the
> result.

That would be another way, nice hint. Thanks.

But the problem I have starts with the checkout. I am not able to check 
out into the directory where I have imported from. When I import from 
F:\PROJECT I am not able to checkout to F:\PROJECT. But this is 
important because the cvs files are in a directory called 
F:\PROJECT\CYGWIN\USR\BIN so when I rename the PROJECT directory before 
checking out, I rename also the pathnames where my bash 
(F:\PROJECT\CYGWIN\BIN\BASH.EXE) and my CVS 
(F:\PROJECT\CYGWIN\USR\BIN\CVS.EXE) are :-(

So at the moment where I am renaming the paths, my bash and my cvs are 
gone because of invalid $PATH variables :-(

You can compare this situation as if you were trying to make a module 
from C:\ (or /) including some subdirectories. How to checkout this 
module without moving your operating system directories? I am in the bad 
situation that my "operating system" (cygwin) is a subdir of the 
directory I want to use with CVS.

The only workaround I know is to make several modules which affect eg. 
F:\PROJECT\FOO, F:\PROJECT\BAR, ... These directories can be renamed 
between import and checkout because they do not affect F:\PROJECT\CYGWIN 
but I hope to find a way to check out into an existing directory so that 
I can handle the sources in one single module.

Bye
Stefan