Cvs Remove Attic

Log r both of these will list the names of the rcs files used to store the file.

Cvs remove attic.

Cvs tag r 1 6 f stable backend c by default cvs doesn t allow moving and deleting branch tags as this should not be done without understanding the issues that this raises. Each directory in the repository has a subdirectory called attic. You can t check the attic out into your sandbox but you can examine its contents through a web interface to cvs. When you remove a file from the repository cvs puts it into the attic.

To delete a file say phoenix c. Try a command like. Filename is no longer in the repository. To move a tag specify the f option to either cvs tag or cvs rtag.

But because y is not cleared there is still y in hidden attic the folder x is still shown with a cvs entry also when it is empty. And do a rm y so this is removed from attic then cvs removes the yoyodyme folder too. What we must is to remove the files in attic folder with hand means we must access the folder of the cvs rep. But in case you want to know the rule is that the rcs file is stored in the attic if and only if the head revision on the trunk has state dead.

Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to. Because this actions the yoyodyme folder is still cvs. It should not matter from a user point of view whether a file is in the attic. If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.

Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command. For example the task just mentioned might be accomplished as. Removing files from the repository. It simply is stored in a special directory called attic so that its earlier revisions can be recalled.

The file is no longer sent to sandboxes and it is removed from existing sandboxes at the next cvs update which displays the message cvs server. The file isn t actually removed from the repository.