How to do cvs restructuring

[Leo Simons <le...@apache.org>]

I just moved the avalon5 proposal. For future reference, here's how I did it
(well...I didn't have to remove any tags...)

cheers,

- Leo

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ssh leosimons@cvs.apache.org # ssh to apache cvs box

# for file permissions, just paranoia -- as you use the -p switch for cp
umask 002

# new location for the CVS/RCS files
cd /home/cvs/avalon-sandbox

# copy the old RCS structure you want to move here, preserving permissions
# this is the only bit of 'magic' where you work around cvs limitations.
cp -Rp ../jakarta-avalon/src/proposal/avalon5 .

exit # back to local box

# nothing fancy here, just removing the old materials using std cvs commands.
# Could use a GUI client here if you wanted.
cd ~/projects/avalon/jakarta-avalon/src/proposal/
cvs tag -R PRE_MOVE_TO_SANDBOX avalon5/
cvs remove -R -f avalon5
cvs commit -R -m 'removal explanation' avalon5
cvs up -P -d

# tags that existed in the old structure might conflict with those in the
# new structure. If you wish to make sure that is not a problem, you can
# remove all tags in the existing location. Again, just standard cvs commands.
# Could use a GUI client here if you wanted.
cd ../avalon-sandbox
cvs update -P -d
cd avalon5
cvs log > cvs_history.txt # get cvs logs
cvs tag -R -d SOME_TAG avalon5    # repeat this for all existing tags
cvs add cvs_history.txt
cvs commit -m "history up to $currentdate, including tags" \
	cvs_history.txt
cvs remove -f cvs_history.txt
cvs commit -m 'move history to attic' cvs_history.txt
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