Matt Reason wrote: > I've seen several posts that tangentially address this issue, but none > of the replies could explain the phenomenon. Please excuse me for > re-asking. > > I added a ton of files on a branch the other day. I merged the branch > to the Head yesterday and all of the files went into the > Attic. I have > no idea why this has occurred. To me it seems like a bug. There is > nothing in the documentation about this. Can anyone explain > this to me? When you check out the HEAD, do you get all the files that you expect? If so, then don't worry about it.
> Once I understand why this occurred, I need to clean up the mess. Is > there any way, other than a brute-force re-add to get these > files out of > the attic and back in business? How do you mean, "back in business"? This implies that you're getting an error that you have not told us about. If you are getting an error, then please post details on it, and skip the rest of this message. If you're still reading, then I assume you are not getting any errors, and when you check out the HEAD, you get back the versions you expect. If that is the case, then: CVS is very good at keeping track of what's going on. If you go in there and try to force it to do things, you may end up causing a bigger problem. For the most part, the repository should be treated as a black box - as long as the program gives you back exactly what you asked for, then the details as to where and how the files are stored is none of our business. Let me put it this way. We have about 75 developers in this location. As you can imagine, the repository is very big and very active. We use pserver (yes, I know all about the security risks) so most people don't even have login privileges on the server. As an administrator, though, I have a login account. I rarely need it. I don't think I've ever had to go to the repository to see if a file was in the main directory or in the Attic. -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com) Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
