Steps for Setting up a Project
6. Copy your existing folder contents elsewhere!. Required!!
If you intend to use the same folder structure - move your existing structure to a different place (be paranoid).
Example
Hale$ cd ..
Hale$ tar zcf was_GPLCMS.tar.gz GPCMS
Hale$ rm -fr GPLCMS
or (example from the CVS Book)
Hale$ ls
README.txt a-subdir/ b-subdir/ hello.c
Hale$ cd ..
Hale$ ls
myproj/
Hale$ mv myproj was_myproj
Hale$ ls
was_myproj/
Hale$