Re: How do I retreive files from the ATTIC?

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at 11:25:09 (+0100), Jeffrey Porter wrote: ]
> Subject: How do I retreive files from the ATTIC?
>
> How do I retrieve files from the ATTIC?

It depends.  Why are they in the Attic?  Are they dead?  Or are they on
some other branch?  Why do you need to retrieve them?  What exactly do
you mean by "retrieve"?

Normally files go into the Attic if they're dead on the trunk (or dead
on all branches).

You should be able to retrieve specific revisions of any file, dead or
alive, with something like "cvs update -p -r REV file > file-retrieved"

You should be able to see the log of any specific file, dead or alive,
with something like "cvs log file" (that'll tell you the revision
numbers available).

If the file's alive on a branch but dead on the trunk then just check
out the branch and you'll get the file.

If you've got CVSweb or something like it installed then you'll be able
to use it to view and/or download any revision of any file in the Attic
too.

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