Ok, I deleted a CVS tag using
> cvs rtag -d proj
Now, when I do a check out with the tag, I get
> cvs co -r proj
cvs checkout: Updating proj/file1
cvs checkout: Updating proj/file2
cvs checkout: Updating proj/file3
..
I expected
Christopher Fouts wrote:
> What am I missing?
CVSROOT/val-tags
Tags never get removed from val-tags. The "no such tag" message will appear
only if the tag does not appear in val-tags. If the tag appears in val-tags,
then CVS has to search each file in each directory to determine which files
may or
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>To: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC); info-cvs@gnu.org
>Subject: RE: Question re: deleted tags
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>Christopher Fouts wrote:
>> What am I missing?
>C
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"Tags never get removed from val-tags."
Why? If I delete a tag, I I want to, well, delete it!
Only because it would be a lot of overhead to traverse the entire
repository to make sure that _ALL_ files are really missing the tag.
In other words, just because you execute
Derek Price writes:
>
> Since tag deletion is considered a relatively rare operation (as well it
> should be), no one has ever bother to write the code for the expensive,
> complete tag search that would be necessary to determine if the tag is
> really completely gone and should really be delet
Larry Jones wrote:
Derek Price writes:
Since tag deletion is considered a relatively rare operation (as well it
should be), no one has ever bother to write the code for the expensive,
complete tag search that would be necessary to determine if the tag is
really completely gone and should real
Derek Price writes:
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> Well, "fixing" it this way would put us back in the position where
> checkouts and updates could sometimes report that tags don't exist when
> they do. I think this is worse than not checking out any data when the
> tag doesn't exist in the project or sub-project being
Larry Jones wrote:
Derek Price writes:
Well, "fixing" it this way would put us back in the position where
checkouts and updates could sometimes report that tags don't exist when
they do. I think this is worse than not checking out any data when the
tag doesn't exist in the project or sub-pro
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>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:56 PM
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>Cc: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC); info-cvs@gnu.org
>Subject: Re: Question re: deleted tags
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>Derek Price writes:
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>> Since tag deletion is considered a relatively rare oper
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>From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:56 PM
>To: Derek Price
>Cc: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC); info-cvs@gnu.org
>Subject: Re: Question re: deleted tags
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>Derek Price writes:
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>> Since tag deletion is con
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>I understand WHY now. Since val-tags is just a c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> I understand WHY now. Since val-tags is just a cache,
> where is the "real" tags repository.
The individual RCS files in the repository.
-Larry Jones
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