Re: bug report: tag is deleted by mistake

[Derek Price]

Sam Louis wrote:
> cvs tag -d tagname a.txt
>
> It's the normal way to remove a file from a (non-branch) tag

This is a way, not the "normal way".

> > >    cvs up -r tagname a.txt
> > >    cvs rm -rf a.txt
> > >    cvs ci a.txt
>
> I think  that this operation should be  forbidden, don't u think this ?

It most certainly shouldn't be forbidden, though an argument might be 
made for marking the file "dead" on the branch and leaving the tag in 
place.  I don't think I'd bother with it without use case that was 
meaningfully different from the tag deletion, though.

Regards,

Derek
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