Re: SUSPECT: Re: SUSPECT: Adding a Tag After the Fact

[Larry Jones]

Ted Stern writes:
> 
> The key issue here is that Jake wants to put the tag on a branch,
> based on a date.  Simply updating to the date is not sufficient.

In that case, you *have* to use update & tag in CVS 1.11 because neither
tag nor rtag allow you to specify both a date and a tag in 1.11 but
update (and checkout) does.

> Besides, rtag can be *much* faster than update + tag, depending on the
> speed of the network connection.

It can, but isn't correct better than fast?

> I understand that there is a -r BRANCH:DATE option for rtag in newer
> 1.12.X versions, is that correct?  If so, how would you enter the
> format for a date such as the one I entered above?

   cvs rtag -r "branchname:YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM" VERSION_TAGNAME modulename

-Larry Jones

I'll be a hulking, surly teen-ager before you know it!! -- Calvin