[platform-cvs-dev] Getting the revision number of a removed file

["Nettleton, Brian" <brian.nettleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to add a feature to Eclipse with the CVS plugin where I can add a tag to a file which is being deleted.  I want to tag the deleted revision.  For clarity, here's an example of how I might do this using standard cvs commands:

 

 

bash-3.00$ rm FileToBeDeleted.c
bash-3.00$ cvs remove FileToBeDeleted.c
cvs remove: scheduling `FileToBeDeleted.c' for removal
cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
bash-3.00$ cvs commit -m "Delete the file" FileToBeDeleted.c
Removing FileToBeDeleted.c;
/cvs/FRA1158/TestNativeApplicationProject/FileToBeDeleted.c,v  <--  FileToBeDeleted.c
new revision: delete; previous revision: 1.96
done
bash-3.00$ cvs status FileToBeDeleted.c
===================================================================
File: no file FileToBeDeleted.c         Status: Up-to-date

 

   Working revision:    No entry for FileToBeDeleted.c
   Repository revision: 1.97    /cvs/FRA1158/TestNativeApplicationProject/Attic/FileToBeDeleted.c,v

 

bash-3.00$ cvs rtag -r 1.97 DELETED_FILE FileToBeDeleted.c
cvs rtag: cannot find module `FileToBeDeleted.c' - ignored
bash-3.00$ cvs tag -r 1.97 DELETED_FILE FileToBeDeleted.c
T FileToBeDeleted.c

 

I've gotten most of this to work from within Eclipse but having a tough time retrieving the revision number for the file in the Attic.  Here's some example psuedo code for what I'm currently trying:

 

    IResource fileToBeDeleted = ...

    ResourceTraversal resourcesToBeDeleted = new ResourceTraversal(new IResource[]{ fileToBeDeleted } );

    ProgressMonitor monitor = new NullProgressMonitor();

    // The above is just to give some context, not actually the way I determine these values

 

    fileToBeDeleted.delete( false, monitor );

    CommitWizard.run(..., resourcesToBeDeleted);

    Subscriber subscriber = CVSProviderPlugin.getPlugin().getCVSWorkspaceSubscriber();

    subscriber.refresh( resourcesToBeDeleted, monitor );

    SyncInfo syncinfo = subscriber.getSyncInfo( fileToBeDeleted );

    IResourceVariant remoteResource = syncinfo.getRemote();

    String remoteRevision = remoteResource.getContentIdentifier();

 

 

This code results in a NPE because the remoteResource is null.  Is there a good way to get the remote resource once it's been deleted?  I tried just forcing the parent to be a directory named Attic, but this didn't help.

 

-Brian Nettleton