[cvsnt] Problems with rename of a file

[Patrick Wolf]

Hi,

discovered some problems when I renamed a file...

1) add a watch onto the file I want to rename

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs watch
add -a all abc.txt

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs watchers
abc.txt pwolf   edit    unedit  commit

2) Now rename the file

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs rename
abc.txt xxx.txt
cvs rename: Warning: rename is still experimental and may not behave as you
would expect

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs commit
-m "rename"
cvs commit: Examining .
cvs server: Examining .
/cvs/Mondi/Mondi_NASCO/10_Trunk/10_Core/80_Test/test/.directory_history,v 
<--directory update
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done

3) Check if the watch is still there => my watch hasn't survived the rename
:-(

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs watchers

4) Rename the file back, because I made a mistake...

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs rename
xxx.txt abc.txt
cvs rename: Warning: rename is still experimental and may not behave as you
would expect

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs commit
-m "undo rename"
cvs commit: Examining .
cvs server: Examining .
/cvs/Mondi/Mondi_NASCO/10_Trunk/10_Core/80_Test/test/.directory_history,v 
<--directory update
new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
done

5) Check the status of the directory. What happend to my file???

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs status
cvs server: Examining .
cvs server: abc.txt is no longer in the repository
===================================================================
File: abc.txt           Status: Entry Invalid

   Working revision:    1.1
   Repository revision: No revision control file
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)
   Merge From:          (none)

6) Also an update can't restore the file abc.txt nor the xxx.txt!!!

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cvs update
-d
cvs server: Updating .
cvs server: abc.txt is no longer in the repository

7) So I tought, maybe there is something wrong, delete the directory and get
a fresh copy,
   but now I lost everything, because cvs update returns an error!!!

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>cd ..
C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>del test /s
/f
C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test\test>rd test

C:\temp\test_projects\Mondi_NASCO\10_Trunk\10_Core\80_Test>cvs update -d
cvs server: Updating .
cvs server: Updating 10_IntegrationTest
cvs server: Updating 20_SystemTest
cvs server: Updating 30_AcceptanceTest
cvs server: Updating test
cvs server: nothing known about test/abc.txt



So there seems to be two problems
1) Watches are not transfered if a file is renamed
2) It's not possible to rename a file and then rename it back to the same
name...

-Patrick

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