attic

[Ronald Petty]

I just had my first encounter with a file being in the "Attic".  I have
read the page in the manual about what this means, and I am confused. 
It says the head revision on the trunk has state "dead".  A dead state
means

1) has been removed
2) never added, for that revision

I have case 2).  

and it says

"If you add a file on a branch, it will have a trunk revision in 'dead'
state, and a branch revision in a non-dead state."

Could some one give a clearer meaning to me on this, sorry my brain
doesn't seem to comprehend this today.

Thanks
Ron