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If what you want to do is to make a file available at a new location, with the history it had at the old location, but to leave it accessible in the old location by date or tag, the method is as follows. 1. Copy the ,v file from the old location to new in the repository. File is now accessible in both places. 2. Cvs Remove the file at the old location in a sandbox, and Commit the folder it's in. This performs a version-controlled removal of the file. The file's history is still there in the old location. It can be retrieved by any tag from before the Remove, or by an update using date/time. A simple update performed in the old location in any user's sandbox will remove the file. A simple update performed in the new location in any user's sandbox will make the new file appear. Revision Graph or any other command to read the history will show the full history. Helpfully, Hopefully, Richard. PS. The only possibility of a problem I can forsee is if someone then creates a tag or branch on the file in the old place. As it is now completely separate from the file in the new location this will not be visible from the new location. This seems to me to be unlikely to occur in normal use. You can probably set an ACL to stop it happening. -----Original Message----- From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Harrison, Andrew Sent: 28 March 2006 16:46 To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook Subject: [cvsnt] Re: Moving files to different directories > If you go into your repository through the filesystem on the server (after > shutting down cvs), you can rename .xxx,v files, or move them around. > They'll have the old revision history, and when you start CVS up again, and > update, it should update everyone's code to the new structure names. > > Obviously, you'd want to do it as a clean break, and make a backup first. Thanks Jesse, but unfortunately we can't do it as a clean break. We have to be able to reproduce historical versions using the old structure. Plus if there are any users working on branches using the old structure, then (I think) their sandbox will break next time they try to do anything on any of the affected files. Rgds, Andy -- Andy Harrison - Platform Software Engineer Anite Telecoms Ltd. Ancells Business Park, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 2UZ, UK [http://www.anite.com/telecoms] "No matter how bad things seem... nothing could be worse than being used as a towel rail." - A.A. Milne Scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl. The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed. This email is intended for the named recipient only, and may contain confidential information and proprietary material. Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. _______________________________________________ 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