The file isn t actually removed from the repository.
Cvs remove attic.
Try a command like.
Cvs remove does not actually remove the files from the repository.
Note that cvs uses the dead state for its own purposes see node attic aq in the cvs manual.
T file useful with cvs.
Cvs remove options files.
Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
The directories remain there.
When we say move a tag we mean to make the same name point to different revisions.
It should not matter from a user point of view whether a file is in the attic.
Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command.
Log r both of these will list the names of the rcs files used to store the file.
The cvs remove command is used to mark a file as removed in the repository.
Cvs rtag d rel 0 4 tc deletes the tag rel 0 4 from the module tc.
There is no easy way to perform these tasks for files in the attic directory using cvs tag but cvs rtag provides the a option which applies d and f to tags in removed files i e in the attic from the appropriate module or directory.
It simply is stored in a special directory called attic so that its earlier revisions can be recalled.
There is only the attic directory at the very end of the tree holding the deleted files in the format filename v.
These files may be associated with old tags that should be removed moved or renamed.
It only removes them from the current list and puts the files in the cvs attic.
Schedule file s to be removed from the repository files which have not already been removed from the working directory are not processed.
To take a file to or from the dead state use commands like cvs remove and cvs add see node adding and removing aq in the cvs manual not cvs admin s.
How can i do to make a politically correct removal of the whole thing.
A dead state means that file has been removed or.
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.
If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.
Remove the v at the end of the file to get the file name you want.
This command does not actually remove the file from the repository until you commit the removal.
When another person checks out the module in the future they will not get the files that were removed.