Re: Branching retroactively.

[Jim Hyslop]

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Gautam Gopinadhan wrote:
> Hi,
[...]
> I tried the following:
> I checked out the Br1 branch, and then did the
> following:
> cvs tag -b -D 10/09/05 Br2 
> 
> However this command seems to make a branch from Main
> rather than the from Br1. Is there a command that will
> enable me to do what I have shown in the diagram?

Temporarily make Br2 the default branch, then use the tag command, then
reset the default branch:

cvs admin -bBr1
cvs up -rBr1
cvs tag -b -D 10/09/05 Br2
cvs admin -b

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