Re: cvs remove deletes the tag?

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:41:33 -0800, "Shawn Matlock" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Tag A is applied to a set of files.
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>Tag B is applied to a subset of those same files.
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>I realize it's unusual, but the files with tag B need to have tag A
>deleted. 
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>The files with tag B also need to be removed from CVS.
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>I checkout the project at tag B. 
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>I delete tag A from those files.
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>History shows tag A is gone.
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>Now, I cvs remove those files. I receive typical confirmation and output
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>commit.
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>A checkout of HEAD still has these files.
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>History shows that tag B is gone on those files.
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>I believe they aren't removed because I didn't update them from the
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>sticky tag to HEAD before removing them.
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>What I do not understand is why tag B is gone?
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>I can reproduce this effect every time.
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>Thank you,
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>Shawn Matlock

You check out tag B, remove those files, and you can't understand 
why tag B is gone? I think that is the intended behavior. 

CB