Re: [INFO-CVS] Branch Tag not a branch tag

[Dan Peterson]

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Larry Jones wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
>
> > I have a CVS tree that when checked out to an empty directory using a 
> > branch tag, forces SOME directories in the tree to a non-branch tag. 
> > How can this happen and how do I fix it?
>
> It happens when there is at least one file in the directory where that 
> tag is a revision tag rather than a branch tag.  You fix it by finding 
> those files and fixing them.

Thanks... I had a feeling that might be the case.

Would there be any harm in simply doing this:

  cvs rtag -r foo_branch -F -b foo_branch tree