RE: [help] "cvs rm -f" question

[Dale . Miller]

Nguyen,

In http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_7.html#SEC68 you will see:


If you execute remove for a file, and then change your mind before you
commit, you can undo the remove with an add command.

  
  $ ls
  CVS   ja.h  oj.c
  $ rm oj.c
  $ cvs remove oj.c
  cvs remove: scheduling oj.c for removal
  cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
  $ cvs add oj.c
  U oj.c
  cvs add: oj.c, version 1.1.1.1, resurrected


HOWEVER, the resurrected versions will not contain any local modifications
that you had not checked in.
If you had checked in your changes you are in luck.

Dale Miller


-----Original Message-----
From: gmres [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:13 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: [help] "cvs rm -f" question


Dear all, 

I'm a newbie to cvs, please excuse me if my question is in FAQ. 
My problem is: 
- i have a local cvs server 
- after checking out a project, many changes has been made 
- because the changes include deleting files from the project, i must have
used "cvs rm -f [filenames]" 
- unfortunately, instead of this command, i used "cvs rm -f" (without any
file names!), and all files in the project directory are accidentally
removed :-( 

Please help me recover deleted files, if it is possible. 

Thanks so much in advance, 
Nguyen 



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