adding a directory on a branch

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> This would wreck the CVS history though, unless it is done with very special
> care!

Very special care = appropriate smarts in the conversion program and 
manual hints where needed when eventually converting to a better version 
control system in order to ensure that file renames are properly 
represented in the converted history.

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