[cvsnt] Lost server files but still got client files, reimport?

Gabriel Genellina gagenellina at softlab.com.ar
Mon Mar 20 18:34:34 GMT 2006


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At Monday 20/3/2006 14:40, sd wrote:

>We just got a server crash and we lost the server files but we still 
>got the files on a client machine.

And *really* there is no backup available?
I guess you will implement a sensible backup policy from now on...

>Is it possible to reimport these files into a new repository and 
>still keeping the latest tag in the source code itself?
>and is it possible to keep the datetime stamp?

You lose all the history, including tags. Since you have to reimport 
the files, tag them as you wish.


Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL  




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