Re: Uncheckout with WinCVS

[Magnus Wibeck]

Nicholas wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm using WinCVS and have got into the uncomfortable position of
> having a file checkedout that is no longer in the repository.
> 
> I need to recreate it in the repository, or unco it.
> 
> There's some diagnostic messages below.
> 
> Can some kind guru please shed some light....
> 
> - Nick Hynes.

I'm not sure about this, but I think this should work:

mv "your file" "your file_tmp"
cvs up -dP "your file"
mv "your file_tmp" "your file"
cvs add "your file"
cvs ci -m "Whatever" "your file"

/Magnus W