[cvsnt] Re: Remove old files from the repository?

[Tony Hoyle]

Tony Hoyle wrote:
> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> 
>> BTW, is there any way to retrieve the file data in this scenario:
>> - Revision 1.1 is a normal file, with data
>> - In revision 1.2 the file is removed, so the revision is "dead"
>> - I delete revision 1.1 of the file
>>
>> Now I have only the dead revision 1.2. The data that was in 1.1 is
>> completely gone, right?
>>
> Because of the way the storage works that's not the case.. the HEAD 
> revision always contains the full text of the file, even if it's 'dead'. 
>   That means that revision 1.2 was empty (being an unchanged delta) anyway.
>
Aargh need to proofread.

I mean revision 1.1 is empty.

Tony