Re: branch deleted but still needed

[Larry Jones]

Daniels, David writes:
> 
> We had a developer accidentally delete a branch from our repository today.

The developer deleted the branch *tag*, not the branch.  I trust he/she
has been "educated" to avoid the problem recurring.

> Using WinCVS, we're able to produce a graph that shows the branch apparently
> still exists, but is not named. Is there a way to restore the branch (i.e.,
> restoring the name) so we can continue to reference it as before?

Not easily.  You can do it manually, file by file, using cvs admin -n. 
You're probably better off restoring your repository from a recent
backup.

-Larry Jones

Shut up and go get me some antiseptic. -- Calvin