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when excuting the cmd below for my branch cvs rtag -r myBranch myTag_For_myBranch myModule the cmd executed succesfully, but when showing status of any files in the maintrunk, the myTag_For_myBranch shows up for all of those files. How does that work? cvs export -r myTag_For_myBranch myLocalDirectory which version does cvs get my files from? main trunk or myBranch ? > -----Original Message----- > From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org > [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf > Of Oliver Giesen > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:01 AM > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] tagging and branching > > > Ian Huynh wrote: > > > I've looked at the documentation and it eludes to -r option > > > > eg. > > cvs rtag -r myBranch myTag_For_myBranch > > ...plus the module name of course, but yes, that's what you > need to do. > > > > but -r is described in the help file as followed: > > > > -r tag > > Only tag those files that contain tag. This can be used to rename a > > tag: tag only the files identified by the old tag, then delete the > > old tag, leaving the new tag on exactly the same files as > the old tag. > > > > > > My questions are: > > > > 1. i don't want the old tag removed > > That was only an example of what the -r option /could/ be > used for. The > actions described above would look something like this: > > cvs rtag -rOldTag NewTag Module > cvs rtag -d OldTag > > ..., i.e. the tag removal is always a separate and conscious action. > > > > 2. what about new files added to myBranch? Would they have a tag > > myBranch ? If not, how would they be included in > > myTag_For_myBranch? > > That's exactly the point: They wouldn't be on the branch if > they didn't > have the branch tag. So, yes, all files added to that branch will > indeed automatically have that branch tag. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Oliver > ---- ------------------ > JID: ogiesen at jabber.org > ICQ: 18777742 (http://wwp.icq.com/18777742) > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs >