From a95aa3e58e8ac436e888db1c4087ee16fe840b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Smithurst Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:36:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "What is a repo-copy" Q&A, I've seen it asked a few times... --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 1be71b3de6..cfbb1f0613 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.68 2000/07/11 15:40:26 ben Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.69 2000/07/11 15:42:14 ben Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -8761,6 +8761,27 @@ back when. + +What is a repo-copy? + +A repo-copy (which is a short form of “repository +copy”) refers to the direct copying of files within the CVS +repository. + +Without a repo-copy, if a file needed to be copied or moved to +another place in the repository, the committer would run cvs +add to put the file in its new location, and then cvs +rm on the old file if the old copy was being removed. + +The disadvantage of this method is that the history (i.e. the +entries in the CVS logs) of the file would not be copied to the new +location. As the FreeBSD Project considers this history very useful, +a repository copy is often used instead. This is a process where one +of the repository meisters will copy the files directly within the +repository, rather than using the cvs program. + + + How many FreeBSD hackers does it take to change a lightbulb? diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 1be71b3de6..cfbb1f0613 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.68 2000/07/11 15:40:26 ben Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.69 2000/07/11 15:42:14 ben Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -8761,6 +8761,27 @@ back when. + +What is a repo-copy? + +A repo-copy (which is a short form of “repository +copy”) refers to the direct copying of files within the CVS +repository. + +Without a repo-copy, if a file needed to be copied or moved to +another place in the repository, the committer would run cvs +add to put the file in its new location, and then cvs +rm on the old file if the old copy was being removed. + +The disadvantage of this method is that the history (i.e. the +entries in the CVS logs) of the file would not be copied to the new +location. As the FreeBSD Project considers this history very useful, +a repository copy is often used instead. This is a process where one +of the repository meisters will copy the files directly within the +repository, rather than using the cvs program. + + + How many FreeBSD hackers does it take to change a lightbulb?