Re: Req: How to change document version number from 1.0 to 2.0 directly for CVS software

[Todd Denniston]

vanitha.kanniah@karmiclifesciences.com wrote, On 06/10/2009 02:13 AM:
> Dear Sir\Madam,
>
> We are planning to implement CVS software for document control 
> management system in our organization.
> During testing, I have some doubts that, how to change the 
> word/Excel/PDF document version from 1.0 to 2.0 directly with valid reason.
>
> Looking forward your reply ASAP.
>
> Thanks in advance.

cvs tag V2_0 document

OH, you mean "how do I mess with the revision numbers that cvs Uses to keep 
track of things for me?".

"You should use tags to identify things
that belong together and ignore the revision numbers -- they're for
CVS's internal use only." -Larry Jones

It can be done.

But beware, you can mess CVS up with this, and short of restoring from a 
backup there is no clean way to go back.

Several places in the following list is the command you are looking for.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-07/msg00119.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-07/msg00155.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-10/msg01007.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-10/msg01005.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2002-06/msg00014.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2002-06/msg00022.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-05/msg00019.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2005-11/msg00026.html
http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2006-May/025046.html
http://osdir.com/ml/version-control.cvs.tortoisecvs.user/2003-06/msg00224.html


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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter