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Asked: 2026-06-10T16:06:25+00:00

I have a system that uses CVS. Build takes a long time, partially because

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I have a system that uses CVS. Build takes a long time, partially because “CVS update” takes a long time. There are several folders that contain a lot of files that change rarely, if ever.
I would like to have “CVS update” ignore those folders (i.e. not even look at them).
I have tried .cvsignore and the -I options but they do not do what I want.

Any suggestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This answer comes with a caveat. You really are not “supposed” to do stuff like this.

    mv folder_to_ignore/CVS folder_to_ignore/CVS_ignored

    This will not work for cvs update -d since this operation tricks CVS into thinking you have a partial checkout and since cvs update -d tries to checkout missing stuff.

    To restore the folder to CVS control, rename:

    folder_to_ignore/CVS_ignored

    back to:

    folder_to_ignore/CVS
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