Re: sticky tag not a branch

[sreekanth]

"John Smith" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> on the command line, I typed:
> cvs commit filename.sh
>
> After editing the cvs log and attempted to save it (i.e. :wq), I got:
>
> cvs commit: warning: editor session failed
> cvs commit: sticky tag `1.2' for file `filename.sh' is not a branch
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> cvs commit: saving log message in /tmp/cvswgaa3s
>
> what caused the error?
> how to resolve this error?
There is probably a sticky tag associated with the File. Check CVS/Entries 
file for the file to check that. If there is a sticky tag, then it's not a 
branch tag. If you didn't intend it to go to a branch, then clear the sticky 
entry using cvs update -A option

HTH,
Sreekanth