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Re: Access old tag names beginning with number?


From: Jim Hyslop
Subject: Re: Access old tag names beginning with number?
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:22:42 -0400
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John Doe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hope I am in the right forum. I would like to know how to access old tag 
> names that begin with a number instead of a letter. CVS gives me an error 
> such as the following:
> cvs [tag aborted]: tag '2002_09_23' must start with a letter

You are in the correct forum.

CVS has never allowed tags that begin with numbers - did you convert
your repository from RCS, or some other version management system?

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Jim Hyslop
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