already tried this... but cvs still seems to want to perform a remove on this file - any idea where it would find a reference to this (now non- existant) file
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 08:28 -0500, Todd Denniston wrote: > Kelsang Norpel wrote: > > > > apologies if this comes through twice - I posted it before i subscribed > > to the mailinglist - so I'm not sure if it will get delivered... anyway > > here's the message: > > > > hi all > > > > when I set up my repository I had a stray file called '--no-recursion' > > that was a byproduct of a mistyped command. I have managed to remove > > this from my local list, but when I do a cvs commit it fails. How can I > > get rid of this file, since now I cannot do any more commits until this > > error is resolved. (can I even just make cvs 'forget' about his file > > altogether?) > > > > thanks, > > norpel > > > Sounds like one of those EXTREMELY rare times where executing rm INSIDE the > repository might be acceptable. > note that you will probably have to escape the name because of the '--', it > has been a while since I did it but I think your command would look > something like: > `rm ./--no-recursion` > or from reading the rm man page > `rm -- --no-recursion` _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
