Re: Removing files and keeping the local copy of them

[Matt Riechers]

Jens Berke wrote:
> 
> I  want to do the following:
> - remove a file from a CVS repository from a client machine (using WinCVS)
> - after that, the local copy on all CVS clients shall NOT be removed
> when an update is done on the CVS
> - result: each machine keeps the file, but it's no longer controlled by CVS
> 
> Is this possible? I haven't found anything about this.
> Thanks in advance

As soon as you remove a file from the repository, its maintainence is outside
the scope of CVS functionality. When you remove the file from the repository, it
will automatically be removed from the users' sandboxes. This is what you want,
since you'll have another way to retrieve/access the file for new sandboxes (for
instance, the build process).

-Matt