RE: Moving Release to Branch

[Matthew Rich]

It is just a regular tag that identifies it as a
release.

i.e. cvs rtag -r "Proj 1.1 build3"  proj (for a build)
    cvs rtag -r "Proj 1.1 release" proj (for a
release)

Matt
The re guy
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> How did you "tag files as a release?"
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> >Subject: Moving Release to Branch
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> >Hello,
> >
> >I can't seem to find any documentation on this.  I
> finished an 
> >application and tagged the files as a release but
> didn't 
> >create a branch.  Now, I can't check in any new
> changes to the 
> >checked out files.  The error message just says:
> >
> >>cvs commit ParseLog.java
> >cvs server: sticky tag `rel_1_1' for file
> `ParseLog.java' is 
> >not a branch 
> >cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first!
> >
> >Apparently, I'm the only idiot that tagged a
> release without 
> >branching, because I haven't been able to find a
> clear 
> >explanation of how to fix this.  I've had so many
> horrible 
> >messes from misapplication of cvs commands, I'm
> reluctant to 
> >just start trying things out.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated.  I guess I need to
> move the 
> >current tagged version to a branch so that I can
> update it.  
> >Why that is a requirement is a puzzler to me.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >mp
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