Deleting a Branch Tag

[Jake Colman]

We created a branch of of the main trunk (HEAD) but would like to recreated
it again off of a later version of the trunk. Is there a way to delete the
branch and recreate it or must we create a new branch with a new somewhat
different name?

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[Andy Baker]

Do you really want to delete the old branch? Might there not be revisions on
it you want to keep?

In the cause of safety it may be better to rename the old branch, then
create the new one using a variation on the following

$ cvs admin -nRENAMED-BRANCH:BRANCH file
$ cvs tag -b BRANCH file

Andy

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[Kaz Kylheku]

In article <mailman.10059174...@gnu.org>, Jake Colman wrote:
>
>We created a branch of of the main trunk (HEAD) but would like to recreated
>it again off of a later version of the trunk. Is there a way to delete the
>branch and recreate it or must we create a new branch with a new somewhat
>different name?

If nothing has been comitted to the branch, then you can just delete
the tag. But if something has been committed, you probably want to keep
the tag, because it's your only way to get at the branch.

[Jake Colman]

Kaz,

Nothing has been committed to the branch as of yet. Do we delete the branch
tag in the same way you delete any other tag? Or are branch tags special in
some way and require a special 'admin' command?

...Jake

>>>>> "KK" == Kaz Kylheku <k...@ashi.footprints.net> writes:

KK> If nothing has been comitted to the branch, then you can just delete
KK> the tag. But if something has been committed, you probably want to
KK> keep the tag, because it's your only way to get at the branch.

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Jake Colman

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