> That strikes me as being a useful technique, but only
as a workaround for a
> version control system shortcoming.
Another workarounds might include
> It really seems a first
class version control system could track
> directory and file name
changes along with text changes.
CVS is universally recognized as
having severe shortcomings. There
are replacements in the
works. The most mature are Bitkeeper (by
Larry McVoy, bitkeeper.com)
and Aegis (by Peter Miller in
Australia,
www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/aegis). Both have been ported to
the less
developer-friendly OSes. The trick is to persuade S/F to
run one or the other (or both) in place of CVS.
...
Nathan
Myers
ncm@nospam.cantrip.org