Re: Repository branch (and tags) diagram?

[Jean-Marc Saffroy]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Dualta O'Briain wrote:

> > * Second commandment: use "cvs rtag" instead of "cvs tag", this way the 
> > repository history adds a log entry that can later be browsed with "cvs 
> > history -T", something like:
>
> But this means that files which have been removed between tags will never 
> disappear, does it not ?

I'm not sure I understand what you expect to happen, but "cvs rtag" won't 
tag deleted files, and they don't seem to reappear.

> I always use cvs tag in a local sandbox to ensure that files are not 
> carried forward.

In my experience there's no difference (except for the history).

Actually there is another reason why I prefer that all tags are put with 
rtag, it's because every now and then someone tags from a subdir in their 
sandbox, which results in a broken (incomplete) tag. Now I'm used to 
repairing these mistakes, but the first time was a bit scary (it looked 
like when updating that a large bunch of files had been removed).


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