CVS Merge Issue

[Patwardhan, Rajesh]

Hello All,

A file was added on a branch, and now I am unable to add it on the trunk or
on any other branch.

Could some one please help. 

Thankyou very much in advance for the help.

Regards,
Rajesh

I am sorry if this is a repeat question and has been addressed before, if
yes Please point me to the appropriate location , I did do a search and did
not find relevant information on the google groups.

Error; 
cvs add: file1 has already been entered

cvs log file1
file file1 was initially added on branch NEW_BRANCH.

cvs is in local mode, on Solaris, 
cvs -v

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