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removing folders from repository [message #174835]

Wed, 31 December 2003 07:09

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mb.thomas-daily.de

Hello,

how can I remove a folder from a CVS repository using Eclipse?
Is there any way?

And how can I remove a whole project from CVS repository?
Can't I, even if I have the rights to do it?

I am using Eclipse 2.1.2 on WinXP.

If there is no way inside Eclipse -- is there any other good
CVS GUI I can use on WinXP for this?

thanx!
Marcus

Re: removing folders from repository [message #174843 is a reply to message #174835]

Wed, 31 December 2003 09:12

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ifedorenko.rogers.com

CVS does not manage directories thus there is no "nice" way to delete
directories from CVS repository. Note that this is limitation of CVS,
not of Eclipse. Check http://www.cvshome.org/ to see what can and cannot
be done with CVS.

Marcus Beyer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> how can I remove a folder from a CVS repository using Eclipse?
> Is there any way?
>
> And how can I remove a whole project from CVS repository?
> Can't I, even if I have the rights to do it?
>
> I am using Eclipse 2.1.2 on WinXP.
>
> If there is no way inside Eclipse -- is there any other good
> CVS GUI I can use on WinXP for this?
>
> thanx!
> Marcus
>

Re: removing folders from repository [message #174858 is a reply to message #174843]

Wed, 31 December 2003 11:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mb.thomas-daily.de

> CVS does not manage directories thus there is no "nice" way to delete
> directories from CVS repository. Note that this is limitation of CVS,
> not of Eclipse. Check http://www.cvshome.org/ to see what can and cannot
> be done with CVS.

So then the solution would be to simply remove the contained files
permanently from CVS, right? Is this possible with Eclipse?

thanx!
Marcus

Re: removing folders from repository [message #174901 is a reply to message #174858]

Wed, 31 December 2003 13:24

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-user.jibeinc.com

Marcus Beyer wrote:

>
>> CVS does not manage directories thus there is no "nice" way to delete
>> directories from CVS repository. Note that this is limitation of CVS,
>> not of Eclipse. Check http://www.cvshome.org/ to see what can and
>> cannot be done with CVS.
>
> So then the solution would be to simply remove the contained files
> permanently from CVS, right? Is this possible with Eclipse?

Delete the file in Eclipse, then synchronize with the CVS repository.
Make sure your preference "Team > CVS > Prune empty directories" is set.
That will make the files and containing directory(ies) stop showing up
when you update from CVS.

HTH,
Eric
--
Eric Rizzo
Software Architect
Jibe, Inc.
http://www.jibeinc.com

Re: removing folders from repository [message #174909 is a reply to message #174858]

Wed, 31 December 2003 13:36

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ifedorenko.rogers.com

Short answer, is "No, you can't do that from Eclipse".

There are ways to offset this _CVS_ limitation, however. You can tell
Eclipse to "prune" empty directories. You can use CVS modules and/or
Team Project Sets to hide projects that you don't need. As a last resort
you can physically remove undesired directories from CVS repository
filesystem, although I strongly discourage you from doing so (too easy
to delete something that you need).

Marcus Beyer wrote:

>
>> CVS does not manage directories thus there is no "nice" way to delete
>> directories from CVS repository. Note that this is limitation of CVS,
>> not of Eclipse. Check http://www.cvshome.org/ to see what can and
>> cannot be done with CVS.
>
>
> So then the solution would be to simply remove the contained files
> permanently from CVS, right? Is this possible with Eclipse?
>
> thanx!
> Marcus
>

Re: removing folders from repository [message #175185 is a reply to message #174909]

Fri, 02 January 2004 10:38

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mb.thomas-daily.de

Igor Fedorenko wrote:
> Short answer, is "No, you can't do that from Eclipse".
>
> There are ways to offset this _CVS_ limitation, however. You can tell
> Eclipse to "prune" empty directories. You can use CVS modules and/or
> Team Project Sets to hide projects that you don't need. As a last resort
> you can physically remove undesired directories from CVS repository
> filesystem, although I strongly discourage you from doing so (too easy
> to delete something that you need).

I disabled that "prune" option, because the plugin set I use (MyEclipse)
creates empty folders to show where to put things, e.g. there is an
empty "Web Root/WEB-INF/lib" where to put jars later etc. Hmm, any
thoughts on this?

thanx!
Marcus

Subclipse (was: Re: removing folders from repository) [message #177111 is a reply to message #175185]

Thu, 08 January 2004 06:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mb.thomas-daily.de

Marcus Beyer wrote:
> I disabled that "prune" option, because the plugin set I use (MyEclipse)
> creates empty folders to show where to put things, e.g. there is an
> empty "Web Root/WEB-INF/lib" where to put jars later etc. Hmm, any
> thoughts on this?

What about Subclipse? Subversion seems to address these problems.

http://subversion.tigris.org/
http://subclipse.tigris.org/

Has anyone experiences with that?

Are there any plans to replace CVS by Subversion in Eclipse?

thanx!
Marcus

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