13.3. Copying the history file

# Copy the rcs file inside the repository

$ cd $CVSROOT/module

$ cp old,v new,v

# Remove the old file

$ cd ~/module

$ rm old

$ cvs remove old

$ cvs commit old

# Remove all tags from new

$ cvs update new

$ cvs log new             # Remember the tag names

$ cvs tag -d tag1

$ cvs tag -d tag2

...

Advantages:

• Checking out old revisions works correctly, as long as you use `-rtag' and not `-Ddate' to retrieve the revisions.

• The log of changes is maintained intact.

• The revision numbers are not affected.

• You cannot easily see the history of the file across the rename.

• Unless you use the `-r rev' (see commit options) flag when new is committed its revision numbers will start at 1.0 again.