3.8. Removing files

It is sometimes needed to remove files from the repository. CVS stores the whole history of the files, so deleting is not an irreversible step. Please be careful when deleting files though. A file may be needed for the build process, or can store important information for other people.

To remove a file, first delete the file from your local copy of the CVS module, and issue the following command:

$ cvs remove file1 [file2]

This only schedules the file for removing. To complete the removing of the file(s), you need to do a commit, as described above.