Re: Why does CVS COPY a file (binary) to tag it? Can this be overridden?

[Larry Jones]

Schlitz writes:
> 
> If I have a 1 MB binary in CVS , and I only apply a tag to it- making no =
> changes, not commiting it or anything, does CVS store a whole new copy =
> just because of the tag, or is that just a temporary copy and replace of =
> the original?  (in other words, does simply applying a tag to a 1MB =
> binary increase file space used in my repos by 1MB)??

It's just a temporary copy and replace.

-Larry Jones

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