RE: branch/tag short questions

2004-10-12 Thread Jim.Hyslop
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Richard Pfeiffer wrote:
 Three short questions:
  
 We have dev grp that labeled a tag the same as the branch.
 Now they can't get to the branch.
  
 1) Is their a way we can rename the tag?
Not directly. You can add new tags (specify the -r option to make it apply
to the same revision as an existing tag) and delete the old tags,
effectively renaming them.

You can convert a non-branch tag into a branch tag by using the -F option,
e.g.:

cvs tag xxx filename
# oops - meant it to be a branch:
cvs tag -F -b xxx filename

If there are a lot of files and you omit 'filename', CVS will ignore the
command for files that already have the tag as a branch.

HTH!

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) 


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branch/tag short questions

2004-10-07 Thread Richard Pfeiffer
Three short questions:

We have dev grp that labeled a tag the same as the branch. Now they can't get to the branch.

1) Is their a way we can rename the tag?
2) Will the branch then be available?

3) or would it be simpler to restore the repository from backup?

Thx!
-R



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