Re: Help with tags

[Derek Robert Price]

Larry Jones wrote:

> Mullican, Catherine writes:
>  
>
> > All the files included in our 4.4.1.0 release are tagged v4_4_1_0 at the
> > appropriate revision.
> > Files modified since that time which should be included in the 4.4.1.1
> > release are tagged v4_4_1_1 -- but only changed files are currently tagged.
> >    
>
> That's the problem -- you need to tag *all* the files.  You can tag as
> you go by specifying -F to tag to allow it to move the existing tag, but
> you'll have to be careful that you don't move the wrong tag by accident.
> Better is to wait until you're ready to release 4.4.1.1 to tag all the
> files.  If you want to change files that aren't supposed to go into the
> 4.1.1.1 release, you should either make those changes on a branch or
> else make a branch for the 4.1.1.1 release.
>  

Larry neglected to mention that, assuming the `cvs up -rv4_4_1_0' 
command he _did_ mention works, `cvs up -r v4_4_1_0 -jv4_4_1_0 
-jv4_4_1_1' should get you your 4.4.1.1 release as well, though I agree 
that just tagging the whole thing would be easier.  You should be able 
to retroactively `cvs up -rv4_4_1_0; cvs tag v4_4_1_1' safely since 
_without_ `-F', tag won't overwrite existing tags.  Then `cvs up 
-rv4_4_1_1' should get you your 4.4.1.1 release.

> > And to make matters worse, we can't seem to go back to 4.4.1.0 anymore, even
> > after a cvs up -A.  All the files are still being removed from the working
> > directory.  They look OK in CVS via the web interface.
> >    
>
>         cvs up -r v4_4_1_0
>  

Derek

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