Ben Stover writes:
>
> After adding some files to a certain project they are listed with
> revision number 0
That's interesting -- revision numbers should start at 1.
> How can I replace the revision number of the newly added files with a
> number of the already existing files 1.7?
Don't. Revision numbers are for internal CVS use. You should never
care what they are.
> Alternatively: How can I tag ALL current files of a project with the
> same revision number?
You said the magic word: tag. You should *tag* the files with a
meaningful label and ignore the revision numbers. For example:
cvs tag Rev_1_7
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Larry Jones
These things just seem to happen. -- Calvin
