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(cvs.info)Merging adds and removals

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Merging can add or remove files
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   If the changes which you are merging involve removing or adding some
files, `update -j' will reflect such additions or removals.

   For example:
     cvs update -A
     touch a b c
     cvs add a b c ; cvs ci -m "added" a b c
     cvs tag -b branchtag
     cvs update -r branchtag
     touch d ; cvs add d
     rm a ; cvs rm a
     cvs ci -m "added d, removed a"
     cvs update -A
     cvs update -jbranchtag

   After these commands are executed and a `cvs commit' is done, file
`a' will be removed and file `d' added in the main branch.

   Note that using a single static tag (`-j TAGNAME') rather than a
dynamic tag (`-j BRANCHNAME') to merge changes from a branch will
usually not remove files which were removed on the branch since CVS
does not automatically add static tags to dead revisions.  The
exception to this rule occurs when a static tag has been attached to a
dead revision manually.  Use the branch tag to merge all changes from
the branch or use two static tags as merge endpoints to be sure that
all intended changes are propogated in the merge.