CVS - A cool topic...

[Kevin Buettner]

On Jul 25, 10:33am, Alan Dayley wrote:

> >    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...)
> 
> I am concidering using CVS for version control but this question here has
> me worried.  Could you please elaborate further?
> 
> >    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.)
> 
> If you can't do this, that is limiting and makes restructuring old code
> difficult.  Could you briefly describe your way?

For both of these questions, see my recent reply to Kurt Granroth:

  http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/2001-July/014095.html

Kevin