I don't think CVS itsself has this functionality but you can always go
into the repository directories and remove things with rm. Just *BE VERY
CAREFUL* when your doing this so that you don't delete something you'ld
like to keep.
The cvs remove (and remove -f) command simply moves files into a
subdirectory under the current repository directory called Attic where
it can still find them if needed.
BTW, you can also move files between directories and rename files in the
repository manually without causing any serious problems. I wouldn't
recommend doing this in general though, it is a good way to fix broken
things, and probably a good way to break things if you're not careful!
Alan Jahns wrote:
>
> I'd like to know this too, I'm new to CVS and using WinCVS I imported a
> directory with subdirectories by mistake and I need to remove it.
>
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:47 AM
> Subject: Completely removing directories -- how?
>
> >
> > How can I completely remove a directory from CVS?
> >
> > Some build directories got checked into a project by mistake. This
> > directory contains only .o files.
> >
> > cvs rm -f will remove it, but later uses of 'cvs update -dP' will fail
> > (because it is still tracked as an empty directory, but isn't anymore.)
> >
> > (aside: I know I can physically delete them from the repository -- I'm
> > looking for a CVS command, that is essentially an 'uncommit')
> >
> > Michael
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Cheers,
Derek
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