[cvsnt] Re: Latest updates

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Mon Aug 23 21:58:34 BST 2004


Oliver Giesen wrote:

> So, cvs tag -rTAG1 TAG2 does indeed create an alias tag called TAG2 that
> points at TAG1 itself (instead of at the revision that TAG1 currently points
> at)?!

No, it points to the revision (since tags don't generally move) however 
you can always retag if necesarry.

> Why does tag -A have to be for branches only?

Because it changes the behaviour.  tag -r on a branch tags the latest 
revision on the branch.  tag -Ar on a branch tags the branch itself, so 
it is the same as the branch.

Tony



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