[MITgcm-devel] Re: [MITgcm-cvs] MITgcm/doc CVS Commit

[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 09:30, Martin Losch wrote:
> Ed,
> Something I always wanted to know:
> how do I get the new directory into my current (almost uptodate) copy:
> cvs update -d -P
> does not work
> Martin

Hi Martin,

There are three ways that I know of getting empty directories within a
CVS repository into your local directory tree:

  1) Put a file (even a pointless ".cvsignore") into the dir so that 
     its not empty.  This is the easiest thing to do and it is a good
     habit, too.

  2) Use "cvs up -d" and omit the "-P" option which will prune those 
     empty dirs.  ***NOTE***: you should make sure that your ~/.cvsrc 
     file does not have the "P" option listed as a default for the 
     update command or your CVS client will automatically prune empty 
     dirs!

  3) If all else fails, do an explicit check-out to get the empty 
     directory that you *know* is there.

good luck,
Ed

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