From: Boris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing files completely?
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:20:09 -0800
> Hello info-cvs,
>
> Some weeks ago I have commited some silly files not necessary in
> general to my cvs tree -(
>
> Later I made cvs remove or similar, but the files are still somewhere
> in the cvsroot.
>
> Is there a way to remove theses files completely? I have a big
> cvsroot with some MBs of data completely not necessary and I have to
> remove them to have smaller backups -((((
>
> I would be pleased to get any suggestions. Can I simply remove the
> files directly from the cvsroot?
Yes, with one caveat. If users have checked-out copies of the files
you remove they will get errors during CVS operations. So be sure that
this isn't the case.
Joerg
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