[NTLUG:Discuss] CVS question - matter of style or ignorance

[Will Senn]

Hi all,

I'm reading the book - Pragmatic Version Control: Using CVS by Thomas 
and Hunt, in it the authors create a CVS repository:
cvs -d ~/sandbox init

and then use it as the basis for a series of examples throughout the 
book. Doesn't this violate the purpose of a sandbox? Wouldn't it make 
more sense to:
cvs -d ~/cvs init

create a sandbox:
mkdir ~/sandbox

and make changes to the source in the 'sandbox':
cd ~/sandbox
mkdir myCoolProject
cd myCoolProject
vi Hello.txt
cd ..
cvs add myCoolProject
cvs add myCoolProject/Hello.txt

etc.

 in otherwords isn't the sandbox where you'd 'play'?

Later,

Will