Re: Problem with partially lost branch information

[Larry Jones]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karl-K=F6nig_K=F6nigsson?= writes:
>
> On the spot. There were files in the repository where the branch tag had 
> for some reason been transformed to version tags. If this was due to 
> user error or a freak problem with CVS is hard to say, though user error 
> is always the main suspect.
> 
> Seems like all files that caused troubles were added to the branch and 
> thus created after the branch was.

That's almost certainly user error.  Most likely, someone tried to add
the new files to the branch by tagging them rather than by doing a merge
and forgot the -b on the tag command.

-Larry Jones

Let's pretend I already feel terrible about it, and that you
don't need to rub it in any more. -- Calvin