On Mon, 13 May 2002, Srirekha Cherukuri wrote: > Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:30:45 -0700 > From: Srirekha Cherukuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [info-cvs] CVS attic > > > I removed files from the CVS but they are now in the attic. How can I remove > the files from there. Please advise.
The Attic directories are just a representational artifact of CVS which has to do with optimizing operations on the main trunk. Any file which removed on the main trunk (but possibly existing on branches) is moved to the Attic. This way, that file doesn't have to be processed at all, for instance, when someone does a full main trunk checkout. That is to say, CVS doesn't have to waste time opening the RCS file, parsing it and discovering that it has a Dead state; by virtue of being in the Attic, the file is known to be dead on the trunk. Understand tha the CVS remove operation does not destroy data. What it does is add new information to the repository to indicate that a file no longer exists. Older revisions of that file are still available. -- Meta-CVS: solid version control tool with directory structure versioning. http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/mcvs.html http://freshmeat.net/projects/mcvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
