[cvsnt] Re: Bug deletion of file modified by second party

[Oliver Koltermann]

Richard Wirth <richard at wirthware.de> writes:

>   User A deletes file with version 1.3
>   -- cvs remove test.txt
>   -> cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
[...]
>   The only way for clearing this situation is to delete the respective
>   line from CVS/Entries and do an update afterwards :-(

I came across this problem, too and agree with you that a "get clean
copy" would feel natural in this situation. But the low level editing
of CVS/Entries goes too far. The opposite command for cvs remove is
cvs add. This will bring back the file ready to be removed again... ;-)

Best regards,
O. Koltermann