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Re: new files ending up with state: dead


From: Donald Sharp
Subject: Re: new files ending up with state: dead
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:39:43 -0500
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You added the file cr.c onto the dbupdate_restructure
branch.  As such it shouldn't appear on main.  This 
state tells cvs that when you pull a workspace based
off of main it shouldn't make the file appear.  If 
you were to merge the branch down into main it would
loose the dead state.  

donald
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:25:18PM +0100, Tiago Antao wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am a CVS user for a few years now and I have stumbled on a problem 
> that is more or less driving me mad:
> 
> When I add a new file to cvs (or update an old one) it will 
> automatically be put in the attic, so if I do
> 
> cvs commit cr.c
> 
> I will have:
> $ ls -l /ncc/cvsroot/ncc/RIP/modules/cr/
> total 4
> drwxrwxr-x    2 tiago    dbase        4096 Oct 24 10:47 Attic
> $ ls -l /ncc/cvsroot/ncc/RIP/modules/cr/Attic/
> total 12
> -r--r--r--    1 tiago    dbase         404 Oct 24 10:47 Makefile,v
> -r--r--r--    1 tiago    dbase        3809 Oct 24 10:46 cr.c,v
> -r--r--r--    1 tiago    dbase        1197 Oct 24 10:46 cr.h,v
> 
> 
> cvs update doesn't work. But eg cvs diff seems to work.
> 
> If I do a log I get a strange state: dead
> 
> $ cvs log cr.c
> 
> RCS file: /ncc/cvsroot/ncc/RIP/modules/cr/Attic/cr.c,v
> Working file: cr.c
> head: 1.1
> branch:
> locks: strict
> access list:
> symbolic names:
>       dbupdate_restructure: 1.1.0.2
> keyword substitution: kv
> total revisions: 2;   selected revisions: 2
> description:
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.1
> date: 2002/10/24 08:46:59;  author: tiago;  state: dead;
> branches:  1.1.2;
> file cr.c was initially added on branch dbupdate_restructure.
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.1.2.1
> date: 2002/10/24 08:46:59;  author: tiago;  state: Exp;  lines: +163 -0
> CR
> =============================================================================
> 
> I know that other commiters might have done strange things (which I was 
> not able to precesely identify).
> 
> I am a bit lost here, thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> -- 
> Tiago Antao - RIPE NCC
> 
> 
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