I have found cvs creating many directories that I know were removed from
the source tree.  I now use the -P option to cvs update/checkout to
prevent this from happening.

       -P     Prune  (remove)  directories  that  are empty after
              being updated, on checkout, or  update.   Normally,
              an  empty  directory (one that is void of revision-
              controlled files) is  left  alone.   Specifying  -P
              will cause these directories to be silently removed
              from  your  checked-out  sources.   This  does  not
              remove the directory from the repository, only from
              your checked out copy.  Note that  this  option  is
              implied  by  the  -r  or -D options of checkout and
              export.

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Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:45:24 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
cvs and empty directories
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I have found cvs creating many directories that I know were removed from
> the source tree.  I now use the -P option to cvs update/checkout to
> prevent this from happening.
> 
>        -P     Prune  (remove)  directories  that  are empty after
>               being updated, on checkout, or  update.   Normally,
>               an  empty  directory (one that is void of revision-
>               controlled files) is  left  alone.   Specifying  -P
>               will cause these directories to be silently removed
>               from  your  checked-out  sources.   This  does  not
>               remove the directory from the repository, only from
>               your checked out copy.  Note that  this  option  is
>               implied  by  the  -r  or -D options of checkout and
>               export.

	The general recommendation that I've received concerning this is
to run:

	cvs -q update -APd

	-q puts it in a quiet mode, so only changes are reported
	-A removes any sticky tags to give you CURRENT sources
	-P Prunes (as above)
	-d creates any new directories required

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 


Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:22:38 -0300 (ADT)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: [HACKERS] cvs and empty directories
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> 	The general recommendation that I've received concerning this is
> to run:
> 	cvs -q update -APd
> 	-q puts it in a quiet mode, so only changes are reported
> 	-A removes any sticky tags to give you CURRENT sources
> 	-P Prunes (as above)
> 	-d creates any new directories required

Unless you have a fast connection to hub.org, another good switch is
"-z3" to enable use of gzip compression on the cvs server connection.
(Marc presumably doesn't need this, but I sure do.)

-z is a "generic" switch that applies to all cvs ops not just update,
so it goes on the left side of the update keyword:

	cvs -q -z3 update -APd

BTW, you can use a ~/.cvsrc file to set default switches and not
have to remember to supply them.  I use

cvs -z3
update -d -P

so I can just type "cvs update".  Any other cvs command that I issue
will also automatically get -z3, which makes cvs a lot more usable
over a modem link.

			regards, tom lane

Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:14:21 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] cvs and empty directories 