Re: How to restore Attic files in CVS
Larry Jones <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.general |
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Peter Toft writes: > > On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Jim Hyslop wrote: > > > > Someone has 'cvs remove'd the files. Just restore them with 'cvs add'. > > cvs log <file> > Find til newest non-dead version > cvs update -r <last-version> <file> > mv <file> foo > cvs update -A <file> > mv foo <file> > cvs add <file> > cvs commit -m "bring out your dead, bring out your dead" <file> Neither of those suggestions is very good -- the first doesn't work at all and the second is more complex than necessary and subject to error. Please see the manual for the correct method: <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.23/cvs_5.html#SEC62> -- Larry Jones He's just jealous because I accomplish so much more than he does. -- Calvin