> Risman>> Do you mean track differences between the tags? As long as you
> have the two tags, you can track the differences, though if the tags
> never change then neither will the differences. Remember that if one of
> the tags were a branch tag, that will move as long as new revisions are
> committed to that branch.
ok, i think i have it. and again thanks, Mark.
i've been editing and checking in a few files in the branch and
all was going well until this one file.
all i've sampled look like:
===================================================================
File: RELEASENOTES.txt Status: Up-to-date
Working revision: 1.103.2.3
Repository revision: 1.103.2.3 /home/cvs/repository/rcp/
RELEASENOTES.txt,v
Commit Identifier: ocPo4COp3n9HHMXt
Sticky Tag: RCP_5_0_1 (branch: 1.103.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
RCP_5_0_2 (revision: 1.103.2.2)
RCP_5_0_1 (branch: 1.103.2)
RCP_6_0_CVN (revision: 1.105)
RCP_5_0 (revision: 1.103)
RCP_4_9_2 (revision: 1.102)
.....
except this one:
===================================================================
File: RCP.iap_xml Status: Locally Modified
Working revision: 1.6.2.1
Repository revision: 1.6.2.1 /home/cvs/repository/rcp/tools/
install_anywhere/conf/RCP.iap_xml,v
Commit Identifier: veSNKconrX7O6oSt
Sticky Tag: RCP_5_0_1 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
RCP_5_0_2 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
RCP_5_0_1 (revision: 1.6.2.1) ????
RCP_6_0_CVN (revision: 1.9)
RCP_5_0 (revision: 1.6)
this file somehow has RCP_5_0_1 as a tag, not a branch.