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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 07:38:37 GMT, bo.berglund at system3r.se (Bo Berglund) wrote: >On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:35:43 +0100, Tony Hoyle ><tony.hoyle at march-hare.com> wrote: > >>Bo Berglund wrote: >>> I just realized that an employee has put a *very* stupid name on a >>> branch for a product we make by naming it similar to this: >>> "Rel_1_2_3_NewProduct" >>> In fact the branch is a main branch for a long series of releases and >>> should be named "Branch_NewProduct" instead. THe existing name causes >>> confusion especially now thta this particular developer has left the >>> company and others are thracing the code. >>> >>> So I just wondered if it is possible to rename a branch tag at all >>> using a cvs command? >>> >>Create an alias branch (cvs tag -Ar oldbranch newbranch), then delete >>the old one (probably after a while so that people have some transition >>time). > >I tried this command: >cvs rtag -A -r Rel_1_2_30_MarineLogger Branch_MarineLogger SSReceiver > >I expected it to set an alias to the existing branch tag >Rel_1_2_30_MarineLogger and consequently it would be located on the >same base revision as the start of the branch Rel_1_2_30_MarineLogger. > >But in fact all it did was set a *normal* tag at the *tip* of the >branch Rel_1_2_30_MarineLogger. Obviously I did not succeed in >creating an alias at all, so the syntax is probably wrong. But what >could be wrong? I used the -A option so it should have duplicated the >existing tag exactly where it was set, right??? > >Studying the cvsnt helpfile did not help much either. A suggestion >here is to include a syntax description with all cvs commands. Right >now there is no such thing, all it does is list the various options so >one get no idea about a valid command structure.... > Forgot to say which cvsnt version: Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.01 (Travis) Build 2013 (client/server) Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.01 (Travis) Build 2013 (client/server) /Bo Berglund