Re: branch/tag question

[Russ Sherk]

On 8/23/05, Richard Boehme <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi there. A small question: I've looked through the manual and am
> confused about how to rename a branch, and how to change a copy of the
> repository to the main branch.
> 
> I have a branch, branch1 that I want to rename to branch1-newname,
> because calling it tag1 is misleading.
> 
> According to the manual, I think that the command for this is:
> 
> cvs tag -R branch1-newname
According to previous threads in this group:
         cvs co -r<old_branch_tag>
         cd <checked out module dir>
         cvs admin -N<new_branch_tag>:<old_branch_tag> .
         cvs tag -d <old_branch_tag> .
> 
> when I'm in a directory that I have checked out branch1 to.
> 
> Also, I'm unclear on how to revert to the main branch. For a particular
> branch, I can do:
> 
> cvs -r branch2 update

If you mean revert your working copy to HEAD (or main trunk):
       cd <working copy dir>
       cvs up -A

The '-A' will change all file revisions to the tip of the main trunk
as well as rmove any sticky options.

Note: -r<branch_name> always comes after the CVS command (e.g. 'cvs
update -r branch2').  For more info type 'cvs -H update'.

> 
> to get that branch. However, I don't think there's a name for the main
> branch that I can do -r on.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
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