[cvsnt] Listing files in the Attic

Torsten Martinsen torsten at tiscali.dk
Mon Oct 13 20:29:16 BST 2003


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Tony Hoyle wrote:

>>A simple question:
>>
>>"cvs ls" can be used to list files in the repository. However, it 
>>(apparently) cannot list files that are in the Attic (i.e., have been 
>>"cvs remove"d).
>>
>>Is there any way to get a list of removed files on the client?
>>
>>    
>>
>Use the -D and -r options to ls to get the list of files on a specific
>date or tag that the file existed on.  'Attic' is a bit of a throwback
>- there are a several reasons why a file would be there and not
>necessarily because it was deleted.
>

The reason for my question was that I was wondering if there was any 
simple way to have a frontend offer an "Un-remove" feature: Display a 
list of removed files and allow the user to retrieve a file and re-add it.

-Torsten


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