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========================== Overview: ========================== I am creating an Ant task that merges multiple vendor branches in CVS into the main branch. I am having a problem getting cvs to ignore a problem file during an update with no success. I recognize that strictly speaking this is really a cvs issue. cvs update -I somefile -r someTag -r someTag is not working. ========================== Problem statement: ========================= Assume there are two vendor branches (1.1.3 and 1.1.4) tagged VendorBranchA and VendorBranchB respectively. Imports into each branch are tagged with release tags VendorA_X and VendorB_X respectively. X is an integer counter incremented for each import for a specific vendor branch. i.e.: day1) prompt>cvs import -b 1.1.3 mainpackage VendorBranchA VendorA_1 prompt>cvs import -b 1.1.4 mainpackage VendorBranchB VendorB_1 day2) prompt>cvs import -b 1.1.3 mainpackage VendorBranchA VendorA_2 day3) prompt>cvs import -b 1.1.3 mainpackage VendorBranchA VendorA_3 prompt>cvs import -b 1.1.4 mainpackage VendorBranchB VendorB_2 Let there be a file mainpackage/coolstuff/test4.txt that exists on branch VendorBranchA at the VendorA_2 tag location, but is removed at the VendorA_3 tag location. Let the same file name mainpackage/coolstuff/test4.txt exist on branch VendorBranchB at the VendorB_1 and VendorB_2 tag locations. During an automated merge between day3 and day2 the following update commands are issued in the work directory where the "mainpackage" package has been checked out. X:\junk2>cvs update -j VendorA_2 -j VendorA_3 cvs update: Updating mainpackage cvs update: Updating mainpackage/coolstuff cvs update: scheduling mainpackage/coolstuff/test4.txt for removal X:\junk2>cvs update -j VendorB_1 -j VendorB_2 cvs update: Updating mainpackage cvs update: Updating mainpackage/coolstuff R mainpackage/coolstuff/test4.txt cvs [update aborted]: cannot open test4.txt for copying: No such file or directory Upon close inspection the reason for the failure becomes apparent. The troublesome file mainpackage/coolstuff/test4.txt is scheduled for removal by the first update command (this includes being erased from the working area). When the second update command tries to update the same file it is no longer available.