Comments on: Renaming a CVS Branch http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/ this must be the place Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:09:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aake Nordlund http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Aake Nordlund Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:07:22 +0000 http://earlruby.org/?p=52#comment-119 Much easier than the above is to just do cvs admin -N good_name:1.1.2 cvs_test.pl Note the use of 1.1.2, which is the branch revision number, while 1.1.2.1 is the file revision number. Much easier than the above is to just do

cvs admin -N good_name:1.1.2 cvs_test.pl

Note the use of 1.1.2, which is the branch revision number, while 1.1.2.1 is the file revision number.

]]> By: Earl Ruby http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Earl Ruby Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:17:39 +0000 http://earlruby.org/?p=52#comment-69 Renaming requires the use of admin functions, so if you don't have admin rights and can't use "cvs admin -n bad_name" then you'll need to find someone who has admin rights to help you rename a branch. Or you could use this as an opportunity to switch to <a href="http://git-scm.com/" rel="nofollow">Git</a>. Renaming requires the use of admin functions, so if you don’t have admin rights and can’t use “cvs admin -n bad_name” then you’ll need to find someone who has admin rights to help you rename a branch.

Or you could use this as an opportunity to switch to Git.

]]> By: Joshua T Kalis http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Joshua T Kalis Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:56:50 +0000 http://earlruby.org/?p=52#comment-68 What about if I you don't have admin access to the repo? What about if I you don’t have admin access to the repo?

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