CVS - A cool topic...

[Alan Dayley]

At 10:13 AM 7/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
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>    4) How do you diff between two different dates on a branch?
>       (Actually, I don't think this used to be possible, but it
>       might be now...)
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I am concidering using CVS for version control but this question here has
me worried.  Could you please elaborate further?

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>    5) How do you rename files and directories AND preserve the
>       history, tags, etc. associated with the original files?
>       (I know of a way to do it, but it isn't pretty.)
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If you can't do this, that is limiting and makes restructuring old code
difficult.  Could you briefly describe your way?

Alan