[cvsnt] cvs rename deletes file

Andreas Tscharner andreas.tscharner at metromec.ch
Mon Jun 7 08:50:59 BST 2004


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Hello World, hello Tony,

I've made a short test with 2.0.43. If I rename a file and make then an 
update, the newly renamed file is deleted by CVS.

I don't think that this is intented:

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D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>cvs version
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.43 (client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.43 (client/server)

D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>dir
  Datenträger in Laufwerk D: ist Data
  Volumeseriennummer: 9072-8BF7

  Verzeichnis von D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2

07.06.2004  08:53    <DIR>          .
07.06.2004  08:53    <DIR>          ..
07.06.2004  08:53             1'033 FCR25.DAT
07.06.2004  08:53             3'683 FCR25.xml
07.06.2004  08:53             5'904 FCR25.xsd
07.06.2004  08:53             2'613 ReadMe.txt
                4 Datei(en)         13'233 Bytes
                2 Verzeichnis(se),  9'600'315'392 Bytes frei

D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>cvs log ReadMe.txt

RCS file: D:/TestRepo/Test2/ReadMe.txt,v
Working file: ReadMe.txt
head: 1.1
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 1;     selected revisions: 1
description:
----------------------------
revision 1.1
date: 2004/06/07 06:53:43;  author: ATs;  state: Exp;  kopt: kv; 
commitid: fcc40c410f6053d;
New files for testing
=============================================================================

D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>cvs rename ReadMe.txt READMEFIRST

D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>cvs update
cvs server: Updating .
cvs server: READMEFIRST is no longer in the repository

D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2>dir
  Datenträger in Laufwerk D: ist Data
  Volumeseriennummer: 9072-8BF7

  Verzeichnis von D:\Metromec\misc\Test\Test2

07.06.2004  08:55    <DIR>          .
07.06.2004  08:55    <DIR>          ..
07.06.2004  08:53             1'033 FCR25.DAT
07.06.2004  08:53             3'683 FCR25.xml
07.06.2004  08:53             5'904 FCR25.xsd
                3 Datei(en)         10'620 Bytes
                2 Verzeichnis(se),  9'600'319'488 Bytes frei
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Any hints that my configuration is broken or is this a bug?

Regards
	Andreas
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Andreas Tscharner                          andreas.tscharner at metromec.ch
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