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RE: storing softlinks: Howto or workaround?
From: |
Wiest, Damian |
Subject: |
RE: storing softlinks: Howto or workaround? |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:30:00 -0600 |
Why not simply use something like mtree to recreate these links once you've
checked the project out?
-Damian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RR [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:13 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: storing softlinks: Howto or workaround?
>
>
> Hi. I need to store softlinks as part of a directory hierarchy being
> version controlled. I know cvs isn't set up to handle them
> very well,
> but I've read there are ways to do it. Now I just gzip a tarball of
> the entire directory hierarchy and archive that. This works, but has
> several drawbacks:
>
> it's checked in as a single, large, binary
> it creates a second step on checkout
> it makes doing a "cvs diff" useless and/or impossible
> it creates a real error-prone nuisance on any checkin
>
> What can be done about this without switching away from cvs?
>
> Thanks!
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