You can t check the attic out into your sandbox but you can examine its contents through a web interface to cvs.
Cvs put files in attic.
Actually the merge from branch to trunk will automatically add the file to the trunk.
Now it is possible that the file was moved out of or into the attic.
Try a command like.
It should not matter from a user point of view whether a file is in the attic.
Remove the v at the end of the file to get the file name you want.
If a file is added on a branch it doesn t exist on the trunk so the v file goes in the attic.
Your holidays might just be a lot less merry this year if you ve been storing your decorations in the attic.
Then the cvs get this file back from this hidden folder.
So good so intelligent.
Whenever a cvs file is not found on the server an error occurs.
When you remove a file from the repository cvs puts it into the attic.
Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command.
Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.
In each repository directory of a project the presence of an attic subdirectory means that at least one file has been removed from that directory this means that you shouldn t use directories named attic in your projects.
It also commits a new revision into the file with a special revision state of dead.
If you remove a file y from folder x file y is put in attic folder of x.
Holiday decorations can be damaged by the extreme heat in attics says santoro delicate fabrics and items that are painted are particularly prone to damage when stored in the attic and plastic decorations like ornaments may melt or warp in the heat.
Not so intelligent is that cvs has no really folder managment.
But in case you want to know the rule is that the rcs file is stored in the attic if and only if the head revision on the trunk has state dead.
When you want to merge your work into the trunk you ll need to add those new files on the trunk after which the v file will be moved out of the attic.
Cvs doesn t merely move the rcs file into attic however.
These files may be associated with old tags that should be removed moved or renamed.
Search for missing cvs files in the attic.
Each directory in the repository has a subdirectory called attic.
Log r both of these will list the names of the rcs files used to store the file.
There is no easy way to perform these tasks for files in the attic directory using cvs tag but cvs rtag provides the a option which applies d and f to tags in removed files i e in the attic from the appropriate module or directory.
