Comments on: Renaming a CVS Branch http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/ this must be the place Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:30:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lawrence http://earlruby.org/2009/01/renaming-a-cvs-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Lawrence Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:54:13 +0000 http://earlruby.org/?p=52#comment-549 Your process doesn't actually rename a branch, you are actually creating a new branch off the old branch and giving that sub-branch the new name. Note the extra levels in the new revision in: > new revision: 1.1.2.1.2.1; previous revision: 1.1.2.1 This is what you have done: HEAD: 1.1 | bad_name branch: +-- 1.1.2.x | good_name sub-branch: +-- 1.1.2.1.2.x I haven't tested it, but I'm pretty sure you could accomplish the same thing just by doing: cvs tag -b -r bad_name good_name cvs tag -d bad_name -L Your process doesn’t actually rename a branch, you are actually creating a new branch off the old branch and giving that sub-branch the new name. Note the extra levels in the new revision in:

> new revision: 1.1.2.1.2.1; previous revision: 1.1.2.1

This is what you have done:

HEAD: 1.1
|
bad_name branch: +– 1.1.2.x
|
good_name sub-branch: +– 1.1.2.1.2.x

I haven’t tested it, but I’m pretty sure you could accomplish the same thing just by doing:

cvs tag -b -r bad_name good_name
cvs tag -d bad_name

-L

]]> 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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