In CVS how to ignore a file which is already checked in

Question

In our CVS (not git!) repo I have a file which I checked in a while ago. Now we have decided not to keep it in version control.

How can I keep the file in my local directory but tell CVS not to store it? Just adding it to .cvsignore (obviously) doesn't do the trick.

Answer 1

As @tripleee mentioned in the comments, the following works:

1. Move the file in question out of the repository (but don't delete it).
2. Check in the removal of the file.
3. Commit the change to CVS.
4. Move the file back into its location the repo.
5. Add it to the appropriate .cvsignore file.

Done.