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+WHAT THE "DEATH SUPPORT" FEATURES DO:
+
+(Some of the death support stuff is documented in the main manual, but
+this file is for stuff which noone has gotten around to adding to the
+main manual yet).
+
+CVS with death support can record when a file is active, or alive, and
+when it is removed, or dead.  With this facility you can record the
+history of a file, including the fact that at some point in its life
+the file was removed and then later added.
+
+Files can now be added or removed in a branch and later merged
+into the trunk.
+
+	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
+
+Added and removed files may also be merged between branches.
+
+Files removed in the trunk may be merged into branches.
+
+Files added on the trunk are a special case.  They cannot be merged
+into a branch.  Instead, simply branch the file by hand.