A dead state means that file has been removed or.
Cvs remove attic.
And do a rm y so this is removed from attic then cvs removes the yoyodyme folder too.
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.
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.
Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
Remove the v at the end of the file to get the file name you want.
Try a command like.
You can t check the attic out into your sandbox but you can examine its contents through a web interface to cvs.
Filename is no longer in 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.
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.
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.
For example the task just mentioned might be accomplished as.
Each directory in the repository has a subdirectory called attic.
The file isn t actually removed from the repository.
Removing files from the repository.
It should not matter from a user point of view whether a file is in the attic.
To move a tag specify the f option to either cvs tag or cvs rtag.
Because this actions the yoyodyme folder is still cvs.
When you remove a file from the repository cvs puts it into the attic.
To delete a file say phoenix c.