Re: cvs remove

[Todd Denniston]

ashok cvs wrote:
> Hi all
>
> i have setup cvs server, all my repositories are accessed by cvs client
> software called tortise cvs
> using ext: . all the users have commit option. to commit to their databases.
> Is it possible if any user checkout anymodule from repositaries and removes
> the file locally and commits , it should not get  removed from the
> repository. ie if he checksout the module again, the file should appear
> again.
>
> Regards
> Niranjan

 From here it looks like either your user has a misunderstanding of the 
difference between CVS and his operating system, or you need to do something 
like Mark was suggesting earlier this morning[1].

if it is the misunderstanding of the difference between CVS and his operating 
system, you need to explain that:
a) `del filename` removes the file from his sandbox only, so that she does not 
see it.
b) `cvs remove filename` is for explicitly removing the file from future 
versions checked out of the repository.
c) `cvs release -d directoryname` is for deleting a directory from her 
sandbox, so that he does not see it.

if it is that you don't want any of your developers being allowed to remove 
files from the repository, then you should probably explore Mark & xiangbin's 
setup with cvs_acls [1].


[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2005-12/msg00052.html

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