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It worked just fine! So simple, so easy! And all cautions said were taken to make this with secure. Thanks Peter and Gerhard On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Gerhard Fiedler <lists at connectionbrazil.com> wrote: > Peter Crowther wrote: > >>> From: Jandir Bezerra >>> I have some files under folder A, and I need to move those files to >>> folder B. How can I do it without losing the history ? >>> >>> I've seen that, at the server, CVS store the files something like >>> <filename>,v What if a make simple copy/paste of all these files from >>> folder A to B? Would I lose the history? >> >> You will keep the history, and the files will be moved successfully. >> This is a standard technique for moving files in RCS and CVS - and about >> the only reason ever to touch the repository on the server directly! >> >> Of course, just in case, you'll take a repository backup first, right? > > And make sure that all developers know about this and have committed any > changes to those files. There's also a chance that they will have to do > some manual fixing of their sandbox after this, but I'm not sure. It's been > a while that I had to do this. > > Gerhard > _______________________________________________ > 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 >