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Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > I just ventured into my first renames recently. So far it seems to have > worked. But I noticed that (with WinCvs and TCVS) the directories that > contain renamed files now show a sticky tag of ":1.2". I have a few > questions related to this. > > How does this relate to the "normal" sticky tags? Say if I put one of > these directories on a branch, would the sticky tag now be "branch:1.2"? > > What command shows me these sticky tags? I tried status and log, but > they seem to only display file statuses and file logs. The sticky tags > in question are on directories only; the files inside these directories > don't show them. I see them in the GUIs, but I'd like to be able to find > them with command line tools, also. > > Is the increment (or not) of this directory sticky tag an indication (or > even proof) that the rename command was executed properly (or not)? It seems the not incrementing is an indication that the rename didn't execute properly. Right now I have a directory where I'm trying to rename a file, and no matter where I commit, it doesn't seem to "stick". Goes like this: <P:\client\project\Docs>41>cvs ren A.doc B.doc cvs rename: Warning: rename is still experimental and may not behave as you would expect <P:\client\project\Docs>42>cd .. <P:\client\project>43>cvs ci -m "rename A.doc" Checking in Docs/0index.txt; /projects/client/project/Docs/0index.txt,v <-- 0index.txt new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3 done After this, I have B.doc in my sandbox, but any new checkout still fetches A.doc. I also tried to commit it with no other file changed, and I also tried to commit it with "cvs ci Docs" and from one more directory up. Anyone any ideas why this one won't stick? Thanks, Gerhard