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Re: Problem with partially lost branch information
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with partially lost branch information |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:20:55 -0500 (EST) |
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karl-K=F6nig_K=F6nigsson?= writes:
>
> On the spot. There were files in the repository where the branch tag had
> for some reason been transformed to version tags. If this was due to
> user error or a freak problem with CVS is hard to say, though user error
> is always the main suspect.
>
> Seems like all files that caused troubles were added to the branch and
> thus created after the branch was.
That's almost certainly user error. Most likely, someone tried to add
the new files to the branch by tagging them rather than by doing a merge
and forgot the -b on the tag command.
-Larry Jones
Let's pretend I already feel terrible about it, and that you
don't need to rub it in any more. -- Calvin