I have extracted a directory from CVS using a non-branch label off the trunk of
the source tree.
cvs checkout -r MYLABEL foo
I want to add a file in that directory but I want to add it on a branch
(MYBRANCH). The first thing I tried to do was "cvs add -r MYBRANCH newfile.C". I
then discovered that -r is not a valid argument to add. I spent a few minutes
looking thru the man page and then the Cederqvist to understand how add works in
the presence of a non-branch label.
I eventually got the file added to the branch but had to temporarily modify the
CVS/Tag file to make it contain "TMYBRANCH", then flip it back to the original
"NMYLABEL". yuck.
I'm curious if there is a better/safer/saner way to do it? Also, are there
negative side effects of using this trick. And finally, has anybody considered
allowing use of the -r option on the add command?
Strangely enough, there are reasons for doing all this which I can explain if
anybody cares.
thanks
--john
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