remove

Synopsis: remove [OPTIONS] [FILES]

• Alternate names – rm, delete
• Requires – Working copy
• Changes – Working copy

Removes a file from a project. Normally, the file itself is removed from disk when you invoke this command (but see -f). Although this command operates recursively by default, it is common to explicitly name the files being removed. Note the odd implication of the previous sentence: Usually, you run cvs remove on files that don't exist anymore in your working copy.

Although the repository is contacted for confirmation, the file is not actually removed until a subsequent commit is performed. Even then, the RCS file is not really removed from the repository; if it is removed from the trunk, it is just moved into an Attic/ subdirectory, where it is still available to exist on branches. If it is removed from a branch, its location is not changed, but a new revision with state dead is added on the branch. (See also add.)

Options:

• -f – Force. Deletes the file from disk before removing it from CVS. This meaning differs from the usual meaning of -f in CVS commands: "Force to head revision".
• -l – Local. Runs only in current working directory.
• -R – Recursive. Descends into subdirectories (the default). This option exists only to counteract a -l in .cvsrc.