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I am trying to commit a project in which a file has been "cvs remove"d, but actually needs to be there. The contents has been completely rewritten, but it needs to retain the same name.
I am unable to either commit the project or re-add the file without getting this annoying error message. How do I "unremove" a file in CVS?
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You can for instance use rm . Use ' cvs remove filename ' to tell CVS that you really want to delete the file. Use ' cvs commit filename ' to actually perform the removal of the file from the repository.
cvs export the 'old version' by tag (or you could do it by date) into a new folder. ensure the 'current version' is checked out, updated, and live. copy the files from the old version into the folder with the current version.
This worked for me:
Rename the file
mv mistakenly_removed_file wtf
Ask cvs to add the old version:
cvs add mistakenly_removed_file
cvs then reports it has resurrected the removed file.
mv wtf mistakenly_removed_file
cvs status reveals that the file is now "locally modified"
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