RE: Renaming a branch

[David Leskovac]

>David Leskovac writes:
>> 
>> Okay. So, just to be clear, this is actually a 3-step process:
>> 1. Checkout branch:
>>    cvs co -r <branchname> <module>
>> 2. Rename from sandbox:
>>    cd to root of module in sandbox
>>    cvs admin -n newname:oldname
>> 3. Delete original tag name sandbox:
>>    cd to root of module in sandbox
>>    cvs tag -d oldname
>> 
>> Correct?
>
> Correct.  I strongly encourage you to verify that step 2 has worked
> correctly before you move on to step 3, though.  :-)

Thanks to all for the responses on this.

Last question(s):
If the "cvs admin -n" command renames branches why the need to delete
the original branch name? What happens if you don't delete the original name?

-Dave