CVS Checkout to a directory

Question

How do i check out a specific directory from CVS and omit the tree leading up to that directory?

EX.

Id like to checkout to this directory C:/WebHost/MyWebApp/www

My CVS Project directory structure is MyWebApp/Trunk/www

How do i omit the Trunk and MyWebApp directories?

Answer 1

Use cvs -d/cvsroot checkout -d directory project/path/directory. The first -d can be omitted if you set the root with the environment. This is called "shortening the path" and can be avoided with the -N option to checkout.

Answer 2

CVS is 'tied' to the repository by files in the .CVS folder. Each folder is 'tied' individually.

This means you can just check out the full thing (or if you already have the full thing), then cut/paste the www directory out to somewhere else, and it will remain linked to the correct CVS location.

Answer 3

[Oops, deleted some wrong crap.] yeah, co -d www is what you want.

You can also set up modules in the repository, which will let you check out just www as if it were a top-level directory, but you have to do it for every such directory.