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## File status

Based on what operations you have performed on a checked out file, and what operations others have performed to that file in the repository, one can classify a file in a number of states. The states, as reported by the `status` command, are:

Up-to-date
  The file is identical with the latest revision in the repository for the branch in use.
Locally Modified
  You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.
Locally Added
  You have added the file with `add`, and not yet committed your changes.
Locally Removed
  You have removed the file with `remove`, and not yet committed your changes.
Needs Checkout
  Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository. The name is slightly misleading; you will ordinarily use `update` rather than `checkout` to get that newer revision.
Needs Patch
  Like Needs Checkout, but the CVS server will send a patch rather than the entire file. Sending a patch or sending an entire file accomplishes the same thing.
Needs Merge
  Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository, and you have also made modifications to the file.
Unresolved Conflict
  This is like Locally Modified, except that a previous `update` command gave a conflict. You need to resolve the conflict as described in section Conflicts example.
Unknown
  CVS doesn't know anything about this file. For example, you have created a new file and have not run `add`.

To help clarify the file status, `status` also reports the `Working revision` which is the revision that the file in the working directory derives from, and the `Repository revision` which is the latest revision in the repository for the branch in use.

For information on the options to `status`, see section status--Display status information on checked out files. For information on its `Sticky tag` and `Sticky date` output, see section Sticky tags. For information on its `Sticky options` output, see the ``-k'` option in section update options.

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