Re: problem creating tag on branch where HEAD has deleted directory

[Tyler]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:31:14PM -0400, Christopher W. Farnham wrote:
> I'm in a jam while trying to use the 'cvs tag' command on a branch which 
> contains a directory now deleted in the HEAD branch.
> 
> My output looks like this:
> |address@hidden contentcontroller]$ cvs tag -Ff R3-1
> cvs tag: failed to create lock directory for 
> `/usr/local/cvs/wrycanCode/wrycan/contentcontroller/src/java/com/wrycan/contentcontroller/cvsclient'
>  
> (/usr/local/cvs/wrycanCode/wrycan/contentcontroller/src/java/com/wrycan/contentcontroller/cvsclient/#cvs.lock):
>  
> No such file or directory
> cvs tag: failed to obtain dir lock in repository 
> `/usr/local/cvs/wrycanCode/wrycan/contentcontroller/src/java/com/wrycan/contentcontroller/cvsclient'
> cvs [tag aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
> 
> |Any ideas how I can get around this?  The 'cvsclient' directory is 
> removed from HEAD but still exists in my branch. 

This shouldn't happen unless you completely removed the directory from
the repository, which is generally a Bad Idea. If you just cvs delete'd
it, the files would have moved to the Attic and the directory would
still exist in the repository.

Either way, how about cvs add'ing that directory back on the HEAD, which
will re-create the directory in the repository, and unblock you.

tyler