[clue-talk] restructuring a CVS repository

[Angelo Bertolli]

Jeff Cann wrote:

>Just move it in the repository.  Make sure that the people who have a sandbox:
>
>1.  commit everything
>2.  do a 'cvs release' -- this releases watchers, etc.
>
>3.  move the directory in the cvs repository - e.g., suppose you want to move 
>module1, which is located :  /cvs/repository/project1/module1
>
> $ mv /cvs/repository/project1/module1 /cvs/repository/project2
>
>That's it.
>
>Moving a module / project is hard as people like to make it sound.  What's 
>annoying to some is that you cannot easily rename a file within a project.  
>You have to do a 'cvs remove oldfile' and 'cvs add newfile'
>  
>

I have a couple of questions:

1) If I don't know or can't make everyone commit/release, can I force this?

2) Does sourceforge allow you to modify your repository files or wipe 
them out?