Re: How to restore Attic files in CVS

[Peter Toft]

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Jim Hyslop wrote:

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> Trinh, An wrote:
> > I have files that went into the Attic.  How do I restore them back?
> > I've moved the files out of the Attic folder but when I checkout the
> > folder, the cvs GUI doesn't show any files under the folder.  Viewing
> > the files revealed that they're in DEAD State.
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> Someone has 'cvs remove'd the files. Just restore them with 'cvs add'.

cvs log <file>
Find til newest non-dead version
cvs update -r <last-version> <file>
mv <file> foo
cvs update -A <file>
mv foo <file>
cvs add <file>
cvs commit -m "bring out your dead, bring out your dead" <file>

/pto



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