Re: Removing a branch

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Norman Crisp <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm attempting to remove a branch that was just created, so it can be
> recreated at a later time with more changes to the trunk.  The reading that
> I have done warns me that this is a dangerous exercise and should be
> avoided, but as there have been no changes to the branch I would simply like
> to just get rid of it.
> 
> I believe the command to be:
> cvs tag -d -B BRANCHNAME
> 
> What I get in return is:
> cvs tag: in directory .:
> cvs [tag aborted]: there is no version here; run 'cvs checkout' first
> 
> I'm a little confused, do I need to checkout the branch first, so I can then
> remove it?

The tag command operates on files that have been checked out of the
repository.

You probably want

 cvs rtag -d -B BRANCHNAME MODULE

where MODULE is the top-level module or modules for your sources.

        -- Mark
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