Re: bug having success removing file with sticky tag set?

[Larry Jones]

Martin Huber writes:
> 
> I checkout a directory using sticky tag "foo".
> If I try to add a file in the directory
> or try to commit a modified file the
> error message says "cannot commit file
> on non branch tag foo".
> This is the behaviour I expect.
> 
> But when I remove the file bar.c (that
> also has the sticky tag "foo") and
> commit it, the result code is 0, and
> what happens is that in the repository
> the tag on that file is removed.
> This is not what I expect.

That behavior is quite deliberate, not an accident or a bug.  Whether
it's really a good idea or not is a discussion I'm willing to entertain.

-Larry Jones

I wonder what's on TV now. -- Calvin