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Asked: 2026-05-20T11:16:17+00:00

I created a new CVS branch, checked it out and addded some folder and

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I created a new CVS branch, checked it out and addded some folder and files into it. Once I committed the branch changes the files and the directory were committed not into my branch as one would expect but into the trunk.

According to this page this is caused …

Due to a bug in cvs 1.3 (on which rcvs is currently based), if you add a new file in a directory checked out on a branch, the file will appear on the main line, not on your branch. Caveat scriptor.

So currently I have these new files in trunk only. Fortunatelly no harm. But how can I get those new files into the branch as well? Any tips? Ideally using IntelliJ 9.0 as CVS client. Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    So I solved it finally so sharing my experience:

    • suprisingly adding new files to CVS branch is headache in general and everyone (except of myself) knew that.
    • there are many clients which can’t do that like IntelliJ 9 or SmartCVS 6 but there is at least one which is capable of this super-diffcult task of adding new files into a branch …
    • for me the winner was tortoiseCVS
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