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Re: cvs-1.10, 1.11: cvs [export aborted]: tag `1.1' must be a symboli
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Larry Jones |
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Re: cvs-1.10, 1.11: cvs [export aborted]: tag `1.1' must be a symboli |
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:29:58 -0400 (EDT) |
Martin Neitzel writes:
>
> Exports are essentially about product releases. A product release
> across more than a single file simply cannot be identified by a
> single revision number. Revision numbers will usually differ from
> file to file. Only a symbolic tag will provide the consistency you
> need for a release, and the refusal shown above just prevents the unwary
> CVS user from shooting in his/her own foot.
Some other CVS commands allow a numeric revision for a single file
but disallow it for multiple files. One could claim that export is
currently overly fascistic and should behave the same way.
-Larry Jones
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. -- Calvin