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Thanks for that. Another (hopefully) quick question: If I delete files from my sandbox folder because they are obsolete, or rename them, when I do a commit, will this be reflected in CVS, such that when I check-out again, I won't get the deleted files, or the renamed files? Thanks Dave A. On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:04:25 +0200, Luigi D. Sandon wrote: >> I am confused on how the dir c:\cvsrepo relates to my web site files which >> are in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite > >c:\cvsrepo is the repository. Think it as a "database" were all changes to a >file are recorded. The repository *can't* and *must not* used for anything >but to store the files and their histories. Files are recorded in RCS format >(which stores all file changes, not only the file) and usually can't be >used as they are. > >Usually, the way to use CVS is: > >1) File are imported and stored in the repository (import). >2) Files are "checked out" locally in a "sandbox", or "working directory", >where they can be changed. CVS will create some CVS subdirs where it stores >some control files. >3) Changed files are "commited" (stored) to the repository, and new version >can be retrieved via the "update" command. >4) Whenever a version need to be retrieved from the repository without >creating a "sandbox", the "export" command can be used. It works like >checkout, but does not create the CVS control subfolders. > >Therefore, you should work this way: > >1) The web sites files are imported into the repository from your source >dir. >2) Every developer will check out a local copy in his working directory. I >don't know how you work, if every developer works in his own working >directory (I hope so), or they work in a shared one. They will update to see >other changes, and commit their own changes. >3) To deploy a new release of the website, export the the release you want >from the repository to your web site folder (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite) > >-- >Luigi D. Sandon >cp at sandon.it > > >_______________________________________________ >cvsnt mailing list >cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say "Why not?" -- Robert Francis Kennedy "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead, anthropologist