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Re: Problems restoring a file
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Problems restoring a file |
Date: |
Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:00:22 -0500 (EST) |
Adam Cohen writes:
>
> I'm having trouble resurrecting a file that was removed. I've read section
> 7.2 of the cederqvist manual, but it doesn't solve my problem. The problem
> is that after removing the file and committing the change, I try to
> ressurrect it by typing "cvs add oldballs" (oldballs is the name of the
> file), which gives me the following message:
You didn't read 7.2 carefully enough -- you can only use add to
resurrect a file *before* you commit, not after.
> After searching the web, I came up with the following solution which _does_
> work, but I don't think it's the correct way:
>
> cvs update -j1.3 -j1.2 oldballs
That is, indeed, the correct way of resurrecting a file *after*
committing the removal. It's a good idea to commit the file immediately
after resurrecting.
-Larry Jones
What a stupid world. -- Calvin